Physics Archives

Research as Tough as Diamonds: A Liberal Arts Approach to Engineering

Viktor Rozsa, ’14, studied the great books under Dr. Jackson and classics with Dr. Hutchinson. His summers, however, he spent researching geophysics and molecular behavior in extreme conditions.

The Study of Physics within the Liberal Arts

Physics is an integral part of a liberal arts education, which means that all students, not just physics majors, should have an introduction to the field of physics.

What is Time?

People have pondered the nature of time since we became aware of time. And with good reason! One of the most common ways to measure our lives is how much time we have lived and how much time we may have left to live. Birth and death dates are listed on tombstones, and most of us quickly calculate from those dates the duration of the deceased’s life.

Physics and the Liberal Arts

For his humble and soft-spoken nature, Viktor Rozsa, a senior Physics and Mathematics double major, has surprising achievements and facts about his life: he was born in Switzerland, speaks fluent Hungarian, plays a cello like a virtuoso, and he embarked on his college career shortly after turning seventeen.