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Physics and Astronomy
080 Light and Color
| Course Description | |
|---|---|
| An introduction to the physics of light and color. Explores the dual nature of light as wave and parcticle, the different physical and chemical causes of color in nature, and how light and color are perceived by the eye and brain. Topics include rainbows, mirages, the color of the sky, and other natural phenomena, as well as technological applications such as cameras, telescopes, color television monitors. These and other examples are used to illustrate the optical phenomena of reflection, refraction, interference, diffraction, polarization, scattering, and fluorescence. Students who have taken or are concurrently taking any physics course numbered over 100 will not receive credit for this course. | |
| Distribution | |
| A | |
| Prerequisites | |
| Day/Time: | M,W,F — 8:30 - 9:25 |
| Location: | Searles-313 |
| Instructor: | Syphers, Dale A (dsyphers@bowdoin.edu) |
| Class Email: | phys080@bowdoin.edu |
| Final Exam: | 05/22/2004, 2:00 pm |
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