Specialized A redesigned A-level maths could focus on the needs of physics and non-physics students. (Courtesy: iStock/SolStock) Early in my teaching career, I had a rather uncomfortable exchange with ...

The number taking physics degrees, however, has remained static – indeed only one in 20 students studying physics at A-level goes on to study the subject at university. One physicist with direct ...

At the introductory level, student typically study classical mechanics and electricity and magnetism (EM). The upper level physics courses focus on quantum mechanics and then more advanced ...

Physics department features alumni seminar series. Since 2007, every spring quarter I have run a seminar series in which our alumni come back and talk to our students about what they are doing in the ...

Applied physics students select a minimum of 10 PH credits at the 4000-level or higher including a minimum of 6 credits from the list below (PH5010 is compulsory). PH 5010 - Graduate Journal Club ...

I became a student at the time of the “Second String Theory Revolution” in theoretical physics. Hawking had not worked actively in string theory, but he was very keen to understand the new ideas.