Five Great Physicists: How They Transformed Our View of the World

Class Sessions

For each of the ten classes, there are Readings and Points to Ponder. The latter serve as thoughts to consider while doing the reading and also as the basis for classroom discussion.

Two weeks are devoted to each of the five physicists, so there's a certain continuity between each pair of class weeks. The five Physicists and the corresponding class sessions are ...

Galileo Galilei:

(1564-1642)

Class 1 Class 2

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Isaac Newton:

(1642-1727)

Class 3 Class 4

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James Clerk Maxwell:

(1831-1879)

Class 5 Class 6

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