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Knowing the Universe in Human Terms

In seeking to understand natural phenomena as simply as possible, physicists have made a remarkable discovery: whatever questions they ask, the answers ultimately involve the same elegant principles of energy and momentum, mass and charge. Physicists seek and study rhythms and patterns among natural phenomena, including those that are readily apparent (like the orbits of planets) and those that are apparent only to deep analysis and careful observation (like the quantum transitions of atoms). Abetted by the power of mathematics, they ultimately comprehend and express the fundamental regularities of the physical universe in uniquely human metaphors. In this way, the universe comes to know itself in human terms.

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The 2011-2012 Annual Report is now available.

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Wooster builds an astronomical observatory

A small astronomical observatory was recently constructed on the College's golf course. A 12-inch Meade-Cassegrain telescope was installed and the facility is ready for use by students in astronomy courses and for Senior Independent Study in astronomy and astrophysics. Learn More »

Physics Club attends PhysCon in Orlando

Seven Wooster Physics majors recently attended the 2012 Quadrennial Physics Conference and met several famous physicists, including Freeman Dyson and astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Learn More »

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Roger Klein Th. 

When Roger Klein told his high school guidance counselor in Grosse Pointe, Mich., that he was interested in science and research, the counselor suggested a number of colleges Klein had heard of, like Cornell University, and one that he had not: Wooster.

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