Welcome to Physics 161
Physics
of Energy and Environment
Testimonial:
I just barely passed high school algebra in 1993 and could
do all the math for this course on the calculator in my cell phone. And,
he gives the formulas ON THE EXAM!
Aaron Dyson, Class of 2001 (with permission) Q: If #2 pencils are so popular,
why are they still #2?
Seattle Times report
on nuclear power: (see part1 and part2 for historical review of
atomic energy
THE EARLY PROMISE WAS TANTALIZING. Even as the shadow of the hydrogen bomb
seemed to envelop the world's future in 1954, the peaceful uses of atomic
energy were being promoted as the brightest spot in our brave, new technological
future. "It is not too much to
expect that our children will enjoy in their homes electrical energy too
cheap to meter," Atomic Energy Chairman
Lewis Strauss forecast that year.
Coursework Q&A
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Practise scientific arithmetic with Professor Soper - online!
Homework assignment 1 answers page
1 2
(Returned homework in Box #4, basement of Willamette
Hall)
