PHYS P20/3.0: Physicists in the Nuclear Age

This course is available to both Queen’s and non-Queen’s students. Non-Queen’s students (including interest students, visiting students, and new online degree students) must first apply for admission. The following course description is presented for informational purposes only and is subject to change.

Instructor

Dr. B. Castel Learn more about the instructor...
Office: Queen’s Quarterly, 144 Barrie Street 
Phone: 613 - 533-2667 or by appointment
E-mail: castelb@queensu.ca

Course Description

This online physics course is for those interested in the impact of science on our century. Modern physics, especially nuclear physics, will be introduced by emphasizing the personalities, thoughts and writings of key scientists such as Bohr, Einstein and Rutherford and the ways in which they related to and shaped their political, scientific and social environments.

Enrollment is limited.

Course Topics

• The Myths of Science: Scientists - technologists or geniuses?
• The Art of Science: Painters before Scientists
• Science and Reason
• What is the relation betwen science and reason: Or more precisely, how to construct scientific reasoning as opposed to pure logical reasoning.
• Science and Society
• Science and its Environment
• Science and the Military
• Science and Evolution
• Is God in the Laboratory?
• The End of Science

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More information:

• Computer Requirements and Internet Access
• Moodle, Our Online Learning Environment 
• Academic Integrity
• Evaluation
• Suggested Time Commitment
• Required Material