Computer Laboratory for Upper-Level Physics Courses

这个项目包括开发一个小型计算机实验室，用于高级物理课程。物理学是教育的一个领域，它发展对物理宇宙的理解；然而，对数学形式主义的需要常常使学生感到困惑，以至于对事件的物理解释并不明显。这个计算机实验室被用来帮助学生建立物理事件和用来描述它们的数学方程之间的关系。实验室正在向所有学生提供计算机硬件和软件，从而使有个人电脑的学生和没有个人电脑的学生之间有一个公平的竞争环境。它让学生可以把大部分时间花在理解物理上，而不是学习使用电脑。

This project involves development of a small computer laboratory for use in conjunction with upper-level physics courses. Physics is a field of education which develops understanding of the physical universe; however, the need for mathematical formalism often confounds the student to such an extent that the physical interpretation of events is not obvious. This computer laboratory is being used to help students make the relationships between physical events and the mathematical equations used to describe them. The laboratory is making computer hardware and software available to all the students, thereby leveling the playing field between students who have personal computers and those who do not. It frees students to spend most of their time developing an understanding of physics and not learning to use a computer.