From nebo86@hotmail.com Mon Sep 30 10:51:03 2002
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 19:55:36 -0400
From: Brian Williams <nebo86@hotmail.com>
To: wahl@hep.fsu.edu
Subject: outline for long talk

Dr. Wahl,
 
   Here is a rough outline for my long talk for October 21st
 
"Quantum Theory"
 
1.  Blackbody Radiation
    i.  Max Planck- Planck's constant
2.  Light - a particle or a wave?
    i.  Young's experiment
    ii.  Photoelectric effect
3.  Double Slit experiment
    i.  Wave-particle duality
    ii.  de Broglie's hypothesis
    iii.  works with electrons as well
4.  Mathematical Interpretations
    i.  Schrodinger's Equation
    ii.  Heisenberg's Matrix Mechanics
    iii.  Dirac's contributions
5.  Particle in a box
    i.  Where was the particle?
    ii.  Three common interpretations-
            a.  Realist
            b.  Orthodox
            c.  Agnostic
    iii.  So which is correct?
    iv.  Schrodinger's cat
6.  What the experts say
    i.  Some famous quotes from scientists regarding Quantum Mechanics
         a.  Richard Feynman
         b.  Neils Bohr
         c.  Albert Einstein
 
The End
 
Brian Williams

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