This will be a class that will involve hanging out and talking about a few interesting things in many fields of physics. My goal is to introduce you to a lot so that you learn how much you might find if you go out and read and study further. The first hour will be a lecture, and the second hour will be time for you to talk to the people around you about the physics that was just introduced. There will be questions to think about and toys to play with (an old computer to take apart and some lenses, polarizers, and other physics toys). :)

This hands-on class is intended for people who want to start writing code (and learn how to use it) but have not been exposed to it before. I will start from the very beginning, and by the end of the class you will have seen enough to know how to learn more on your own and take on your own projects. I will also try to give you some direction as to what might be fun projects to take on.

We will build three dimensional models of four dimensional hypercubes and discuss functions in various dimensions. (This course takes some math that I find interesting and tries to make it feel more real with colorful, physical models.)

This will be a class that will involve hanging out and talking about a few interesting things in many fields of physics. My goal is to introduce you to enough that you can go out and learn lots of neat things on your own. The first hour will be a lecture, and the second hour will be time for you to talk to the people around you about the physics that was just introduced. There will be questions to think about and toys to play with (an old computer to take apart and some lenses, polarizers, and other physics toys). :)

We will build three dimensional models of four dimensional hypercubes and discuss functions in various dimensions. (This course takes some math that I find interesting and tries to make it feel more real with colorful, physical models.)

This hands-on class is intended for people who want to start writing code (and learn how to use it) but have not been exposed to it before. I will start from the very beginning, and by the end of the class you will have seen enough to know how to learn more on your own and take on your own projects. I will also give you some direction as to what might be fun projects to take on.

This course will explore physics with an emphasis on Special Relativity. We will also touch on a variety of topics from Quantum Physics to General Relativity. There will be readings and problem sets that will give you a chance to work through each topic to a depth that you find interesting. Prerequisites: I will assume that you are comfortable with math. This means that you should be open to working through an extra problem or two if you aren't familiar with some particular types of math (linear algebra, calculus, etc) but not that you have to have taken any particular class.

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