I took a physics class like this ("Energy and Society") from Philip Taylor back at Case Western Reserve University ("a tradition of excellence that's even longer than our name"). To sum up the lesson of the class in a sentence: One of the most useful skills of the physicist is the ability and inclination to do simple back-of-the-envelope calculations, and to take the results seriously.
I took a physics class like this ("Energy and Society") from Philip Taylor back at Case Western Reserve University ("a tradition of excellence that's even longer than our name"). To sum up the lesson of the class in a sentence: One of the most useful skills of the physicist is the ability and inclination to do simple back-of-the-envelope calculations, and to take the results seriously.