E= mc².

Everyone knows the equation. But how many know what it means? How did Einstein arrive at this simple but profound equation that overturned at a stroke much of what had been so certainly known at the time?

Newton. Maxwell. Einstein. Schrödinger. Bohr. Feynman. Gell-Mann. Hawking. Geniuses who have changed our perceptions of how the universe works. Physicists.

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The Physics Department at the University of New Orleans is a dynamic group of physicists and physics educators offering research opportunities in material science, microstructure research, signals processing, image analysis, magnetism and magnetic materials, optical physics, particle physics, and astrophysics. We seek to involve students in research efforts at all levels, from undergraduate majors through graduate students in our Bachelor of Science in Physics, Master of Physics, Master of Applied Physics, and Doctor of Engineering and Applied Sciences programs.

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Sincerely,

C. Gregory Seab
Seraphia D. Leyda University Teaching Professor
Chair, Department of Physics
University of New Orleans
cseab@uno.edu