Bachelor's in Physics

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"Discoveries in physics and astronomy expand our understanding of the components and interaction laws that govern nature from the smallest of scales—the quarks that are the building blocks of protons and neutrons, to the largest—the collections of galaxies in the universe. In the realms between, physicists generate new materials, develop the scientific basis for new technologies, and find the motifs and rules that make nature understandable.In courses in physics and astronomy, students learn fundamental knowledge about mechanics and Newton’s laws, the magnetic and electrical properties of matter, quantum and statistical mechanics, dark matter and dark energy, the quantum mechanical properties of nanodevices, the uses of lasers in genetics research and surgery, and the forces cells use to move. No matter what the question—How and when did the universe come to be? Why is matter sometimes left- and other times right-handed? How does a cell respond to the physical stimuli in its environment? Why does matter exist at all?—physics and astronomy contribute to discovering the answers."