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Podcast: College Matters. Alma Matters.
Episode: About Majors: What is Physics? With Prof. Sridhara Dasu, University of Wisconsin Madison.
Description: Episode summary introduction: The goal of this series is to serve as a primer for High Schoolers about a Major, through our conversations with Faculty Experts in the various US Colleges and Universities.
We kick off this series with Physics in this podcast with Professor Sridhara Dasu, Chair of the Department of Physics at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
In particular, we discuss the following with him:
What is Physics?
A Brief History of Physics
Branches of Physics
Skills Needed to Study College Physics
Opportunities for Physics Majors
Topics discussed in this...