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[[1980 to present]] Another Growth Spurt<br />
[[1980 to present]] Another Growth Spurt<br />


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As of version 0.1, [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EmbedVideo%2B%2B EmbedVideo++] supports embedding video content from the following services:
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* [http://www.funnyordie.com/ FunnyOrDie]
* [http://video.google.com/ Google Video]
* [http://sevenload.com/ sevenload]
* [http://revver.com/ Revver]
* [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube] - both normal and HD videos
* [http://video.interia.pl/ Interia.pl]
 
 
You can also use the < youtube>youtubevideo</youtube > tags but only supports [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube] videos.  Please remove the spaces from the <> respectively.

Revision as of 11:19, 5 June 2009

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Courses


phy5645 Quantum Mechanics A - Fall 2008

phy5646 Quantum Mechanics B - Spring 2009

PHZ3400: Phenomena in Condensed Matter - Spring 2009

PHZ4316/5315: Nuclear Astrophysics - Spring 2009

AST10022L Introductory Astronomy Lab Manual

History of the Physics Department


Before 1947 From the Beginning
1947 to early 1960 Formative Years
1960s to mid-1980 Going Along
1980 to present Another Growth Spurt

Using MediaWiki

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Some highlights of MediaWiki are listed on this page.