First released: 1998
About
Disc 1
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Physics Before 1920
- 3.Quantum Physics
- 4.Nuclei and Particles
Disc 2
- 1.Atomic Mechanics
- 2.An Experiment With Bullets
- 3.An Experiment With Waves
- 4.An Experiment With Electrons
- 5.The Interference of Electron Waves
- 6.Watching the Electrons
- 7.First Principles of Quantum Mechanics
- 8.The Uncertainty Principle
Disc 3
- 1.Probability Wave Amplitudes
- 2.Measurement of Position and Momentum
- 3.Crystal Diffraction
- 4.The Size of an Atom
- 5.Energy Levels
- 6.Philosophical Implications
Disc 4
- 1.The Laws for Combining Amplitudes
- 2.The Two-Slit Interference Pattern
- 3.Scattering From a Crystal
- 4.Identical Particles
Disc 5
- 1.Filtering Atoms With a Stern-Gerlach Apparatus
- 2.Experiments With Filtered Atoms
- 3.Stern-Gerlach Filters in Series
- 4.Base States
- 5.Interfering Amplitudes
- 6.The Machinery of Quantum Mechanics
- 7.Transforming to a Different Base
Disc 6
- 1.Transforming Amplitudes
- 2.Transforming to a Rotated Coordinate System
- 3.Rotations About the Z-Axis
- 4.Rotations of 180° and 90° About Y
- 5.Rotations About X
- 6.Arbitrary Rotations