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Re: [Phys-l] "Modern" Physics course title

On 08/29/2007 01:44 PM, Michael Edmiston wrote:
20th-Century Physics ?

That is a good name, much preferable to "modern physics" or "nonclassical
physics".

There was a treeemendous revolution in physics starting at about 1900.
Maybe several revolutions, depending on how you count.

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Possible refinement:

20th- and 21st-Century Physics

Most of the course will still be 20th-century stuff, but mentioning
the 21st century gives the name a little bit more pizazz.