Each semester for the past few years, I have given 3 lectures covering fundamental physics as part of the UMass Commonwealth College course Bio 270H – Cosmos to Humanity.

• Lecture 1 covers Newtonian mechanics, electromagnetism, special relativity and quantum mechanics

• Lecture 2 covers general relativity (including gravitational radiation, cosmology and black holes) and the standard model of particle physics

• Lecture 3 covers open questions in fundamental physics and ideas, such as extra dimensions, supersymmetry and string theory, that are on the table to address these open questions. It includes a discussion of Hawking radiation and black hole evaporation.