PHYS 216 / SIS 216          Science and Society               Spring 2009
Instructor: Vladi Chaloupka, Professor of Physics
Adjunct Professor, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
Adjunct Professor, School of Music
www.phys.washington.edu/users/vladi/phys216


Initial course announcement/description blurb , Course Syllabus (incl. TA office hours), Course Schedule

Powerpoint presentations (large files):  Intro lectures , Physics , Biology (+ PCR demo)

PDF files with handout text: Physics text, Biology text

'puzzles' for Independent work: Mitochondrial Eve + Plutonium, Klebsiella

Solutions of the Physics HW (with the zig-zag decay chain) and a searchable version of the splicing problem

Solutions for biology problem 2 and problem 3

template for Response Papers;

DiscussionQuestions1, DiscussionQuestions2, Discussion Questions 3

Initial readings: "Views by two physicists":
www.phys.washington.edu/users/vladi/bp.doc
and
www.phys.washington.edu/users/vladi/phys216/Kaku001_edit_web.doc

 Final Readings and the GrandFinale Powerpoint