Summer Institute 3

Physics-Mathematics

Wouldn’t you like to know the crazy things that physicists talk about over coffee and donuts? Things like the fact that there may be many people exactly like you in different dimensions. Or maybe that objects shrink and time expands when things move really fast. Or just how does a nuclear reactor work anyway? If questions like this are interesting to you, then join us as we delve into the insane world of physics. You need not have any prior experience in physics. The mathematics will start with algebra and simple statistics and you will learn about complex numbers, coordinate transformations, logarithms and exponentials and maybe even a little about vectors and tensors as well. This is your opportunity to interact with a real physicist and learn exactly what a physicist does at work and with his relativistically generated spare time. You will be entertained and challenged at the same time. What a combination! Prerequisites: Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry.