HPS 2814 - EINSTEIN

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This seminar covers Einstein's work in physics and his philosophical entanglements, with topics selected according to the interests of the seminar participants. Suitable topics include the papers of Einstein's annus mirabilis of 1905 (the special theory of relativity, e=mc2, the molecular account of Brownian motion and that light energy came in quanta), his discovery of general relativity and its development into modern cosmology and the theory of gravitational waves; his pursuit of a unified field theory; and his more general pronouncements in philosophy of science
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis

Click here for class schedule information.

Add to Portfolio.

Close Window