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Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it Niels Bohr |
So, one of the goals is to understand Niels Bohr's claim. Another to know what quantum physics is and what quantum physics is not . I also want you to appreciate how quantum physics affects our world.
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Can Nature possibly be as absurd as it seems in these experiments? Werner Heisenberg (around 1927) |
(Literature: Robert Gilmore, Alice in Quantumland and L.C: Epstein: Thinking Physics is Gedanken Physics)
| Topic | Activities | How tested / What should be achieved? |
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| Familiarity with main experiments and ideas | Lectures, Book + read timeline (or make your own) | Multiple choice test |
| Periodic Table, Pauli Principle, Aufbau Principle, | Lecture + Browse around Webelements | |
| Wave - particle duality, light / matter | ||
| Particles: quarks, leptons, gluons | L,B,
PDG
CPEP,
The
Particle Adventure
Look at schoolbook presentations | |
| Four Interactions | Reflect on the importance of different interactions | |
| EPR paradox |
ATLAS detector -
Posters
Quantum Physics dictionary