The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume 1: Quantum Mechanics

Compilation by Richard P. Feynman

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Introduction
  2. 2.
    Physics Before 1920
  3. 3.
    Quantum Physics
  4. 4.
    Nuclei and Particles

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Atomic Mechanics
  2. 2.
    An Experiment With Bullets
  3. 3.
    An Experiment With Waves
  4. 4.
    An Experiment With Electrons
  5. 5.
    The Interference of Electron Waves
  6. 6.
    Watching the Electrons
  7. 7.
    First Principles of Quantum Mechanics
  8. 8.
    The Uncertainty Principle

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    Probability Wave Amplitudes
  2. 2.
    Measurement of Position and Momentum
  3. 3.
    Crystal Diffraction
  4. 4.
    The Size of an Atom
  5. 5.
    Energy Levels
  6. 6.
    Philosophical Implications

Disc 4

  1. 1.
    The Laws for Combining Amplitudes
  2. 2.
    The Two-Slit Interference Pattern
  3. 3.
    Scattering From a Crystal
  4. 4.
    Identical Particles

Disc 5

  1. 1.
    Filtering Atoms With a Stern-Gerlach Apparatus
  2. 2.
    Experiments With Filtered Atoms
  3. 3.
    Stern-Gerlach Filters in Series
  4. 4.
    Base States
  5. 5.
    Interfering Amplitudes
  6. 6.
    The Machinery of Quantum Mechanics
  7. 7.
    Transforming to a Different Base

Disc 6

  1. 1.
    Transforming Amplitudes
  2. 2.
    Transforming to a Rotated Coordinate System
  3. 3.
    Rotations About the Z-Axis
  4. 4.
    Rotations of 180° and 90° About Y
  5. 5.
    Rotations About X
  6. 6.
    Arbitrary Rotations

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