Analyses of the role of physics in the development of commercial technologies, with emphasis on curiosity driven research. Seminar requiring independent investigations of the intellectual origin of technological devices, with equal attention to physics principles and political or socioeconomic influences on research funding and product development. No prior instruction in physics assumed.

Prerequisites

None.

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Prospective students can get more information from the Director of Undergraduate Studies or the Director of Graduate Studies.

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