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Department of Physics and Astronomy
Sonoma State University
1801 East Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609
Phone: (707)664-2119
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Email: phys.astro@sonoma.edu
Physics and Astronomy
Physics is the most fundamental of all the scientific disciplines. Ranging from the applied to the abstract, from the infinitesimal to the infinite, and from quarks to the cosmos, the study of physics seeks to explain all the complicated phenomena in the natural world by providing a description of these phenomena in terms of a few basic principles and laws.
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What Physicists Do
Fall 2009 Schedule now posted! Our lecture series has brought outstanding scientists and engineers to the
campus each week since 1971, including thirteen Nobel laureates. These
speakers present lectures ranging from the hottest discoveries in physics
and astronomy to inside views of physicists' daily lives at a level
undergraduate students can understand.
Sep. 21 - Dr. Anne Metevier of the Center for Adaptive Optics at UC Santa Cruz will describe her work training early-career scientists and engineers to teach more effectively by using methods that promote inquiry and an equitable college classroom environment.