It has long been a mystery why pure math can reveal so much about the nature of the physical world. Antimatter was discovered in Paul Dirac’s equations before being detected in cosmic rays. Quarks ...
Providence, RI---The mathematicians were trying to extend an illustrious result in their field, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. The astrophysicists were working on a fundamental problem in their ...
Special Electives must be courses from outside the Physics Department. Courses below the lowest-level required course in the Physics major cannot be used as Special Electives. For example, no MATH ...