January 2013
Beginner to intermediate
336 pages
6h 6m
English
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Chapter 13
Ten Quantum Physics Tutorials
In This Chapter
- Understanding basic concepts and equations
- Viewing illustrations and animations
When scientists start mixing talk of dice, billiard balls, and a possibly undead cat-in-a-box, you know you're dealing with a challenging subject. Luckily, you can find plenty of online tutorials, some of them featuring animation, to help you wrap your brain around quantum physics. This chapter presents a good starter list.
An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
http://legacyweb.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/betha/qm
What is a wave function? What is an orbital?: An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics comes from Neal McDonald, Midori Kitagawa-DeLeon, Anna Timasheva, Heath Hanlin, Zil Lilas, and Sherwin J. Singer at The Ohio State University. This site includes tutorials on probability, particles versus waves, wave functions, and more, including Shockwave-based sound (though if you don't have Shockwave installed, that's not a problem).
Quantum Mechanics Tutorial
www.gilestv.com/tutorials/quantum.html
This cool tutorial is one of the Flash-animated Modern Physics Tutorials by Giles Hogben. Extensively illustrated, this tutorial probes questions such as wave-particle duality and offers a good general introduction to quantum physics.
Grains of Mystique: Quantum Physics for the Layman
This site provides good historical and experimental background info — and they've documented their sources and made some attempts at peer review.
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