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PHYS 1033 - Cosmology, String Theory and the Death of the Universe (LE CAT, NAT SCI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
A qualitative introduction to cosmology and string theory; the structure, evolution, and death of the universe, and of the galaxies, stars and planets it contains; fundamental theories for the structure, including extra dimensions, supersymmetry, and string dualities; extinction-level events ranging in scale from planetary to universal.