PHYS 022: The Science in Science Fiction

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 1 hour; term paper, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour

Catalog page 369

Prerequisites: none

Description: Covers the physics underlying various science fiction stories, books, television shows, and films. Provides a perspective for interpreting the (often misleading) information presented in the popular media, and highlights those aspects that are good science.

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