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ISA 200:
SCIENCE
FOR
THE
21st
CENTURY
Nucleon, a model for a nuclear powered car (1958)
ISA200/1, Science for the 21st Century,
is a course in the Independent Study Degree Program at Syracuse
University that
focuses on the nature of
scientific research and applies basic scientific
principles to understand
modern technology.
This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to
physical science and includes topics from
physics, chemistry,
and materials science.
There are no prerequisites for this course. The reasoning is mostly
qualitative: little mathematics is used.
This course addresses our modern understanding of
light and matter that are the basis of current and future technology.
Principles covered include liquid crystals, electricity/electronics, and optics,
with applications to computers, visual displays, plastics, and nuclear weapons.
Also examined is the process of scientific investigation:
how does one judge whether a discovery or claim is science or whether
it is something else?
All material (except images from other sources) copyright A. Alan Middleton.
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