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Course description

This course is an introduction to electromagnetism, wave optics, and ray optics. Topics covered include electrostatics, circuits, magnetism, diffraction, interference, and image formation via reflection and refraction. This course has a laboratory component and fulfills one of two semesters of physics for entrance to medical school. It may be taken concurrently with PHYS S-1a.
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Instructors

Johanna Nordlander

Postdoctoral Fellow in Physics, Harvard University

Christian Tzschaschel

Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
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