WWW Resources
Philosophy and Science of Quantum Mechanics (BIS 388)

• Physics 150 Homepage. Course in modern physics for nonscienc majors at University of Illinois. Excellent set of notes/slides to use as supplementary material.
  • Syllabus
  • Galileo to Newton, Newton's Laws: slide set#1 slide set #2
  • Conservation Laws of Classical Physics: slides
  • Electricity and Magnetism slides#1, slides#2
  • Waves and interference: slides
  • Beginnings of Quantum Mechanics - Rutherford, Planck, Einstein, Bohr: slides
  • Wave Mechanics, particle/wave duality, uncertainty - Bohr, Schrodinger, Heisenberg: slides
  • Measurement - Schrodinger's Cat: slides

• Visual Quantum Mechanics tutorial programs from Kansas State (VQM)
• Diffraction Grating demo; cartoon explanation
• Intro to Quantum Mechanics by UW grad student
• Basic Ideas about Quantum Mechanics - Exeter

• Echo History of Science, Technology and Medicine
• History of Mathematics
• Pictures of classic Crookes tubes from PV Scientific