Light and Color

PHYC 106 (3)

Designed to introduce non-science majors to basic concepts, laws and skills in classical and quantum physics, in the context of a study of light and color. Light as flow of energy, propagating rays, vibrating waves and as photons; interactions with matter; in rainbows, sunsets, iridescence; in technology and art: cameras, telescopes, the human eye, color and color perception; lasers and holography. See PHYC 106L for an optional laboratory.

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Light and Color

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