The UWW Physics department is proud to have hosted the 2009 Wisconsin Association of Physics Teachers meeting October 30 and 31, 2009. Thank you to everyone who helped make the meeting a success!
Event details can be found on the WAPT 2009 Meeting Information page or downloaded from the 2009 Meeting Program (pdf).
Dr. Steven Maran provided the keynote "Galileo to Hubble and Beyond" at 8 pm in the Hamilton Center.
A summary and links from the meeting are at http://www.uwec.edu/wapt/Meetings/2009/Summary/index.html and pictures of the meeting are here.
Other Special Items of note:
We will be have the astronomy poster exhibition
on display in the department hallway and Upham Lobby from October 23 through November 17. See the linked article for details on the traveling display of 40 photo Images of earth and space.
The Physics Department is highlighted in the
UWW College of Letters & Sciences Spotlight page.
Department and Physics Related News
What is Physics?
"
Physics,
the most fundamental physical science, is concerned with the basic principles
of the Universe. It is the foundation upon which the other physical sciences
- astronomy, chemistry, and geology - are based. The beauty of physics
lies in the simplicity of the fundamental physical theories and in the
manner in which just a small number of fundamental concepts, equations,
and assumptions can alter and expand our view of the world around us."
R. A. Serway & J. W. Jewett, Jr., Physics for Scientists and Engineers,
6th ed, 2004, p. 1
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