I just wanted to put in a plug for a fabulous Physics Discovery course that still has some seats remaining. This is for physics majors as well as non-majors. This course will help students prepare for research work in their bright futures!
PHYS 194 Behavior of Complex Systems
Exploration of systems with simple rules that nevertheless exhibit complex behavior. Lecture demonstrations on fractal growth, chaos, catastrophes, self-assembly, lightning, turbulence, explosions, and human rhythms. Simple computer models which exhibit regular, irregular, symmetric, and self-similar patterns and dynamics. Dynamics of isolated and coupled complex systems and mathematical tools for quantifying complex behavior.
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