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| Special Theory of Relativity | |
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| Galilean-Newtonian Relativity | |
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| The Michelson-Morley Experiment | |
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| Postulates of the Special Theory of Relativity | |
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| Simultaneity | |
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| Time Dilation and the Twin Paradox | |
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| Length Contraction | |
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| Four-Dimensional Space-Time | |
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| Galilean and Lorentz Transformations | |
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| Relativistic Momentum and Mass | |
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| The Ultimate Speed | |
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| Energy and Mass; E=mc2 | |
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| Doppler Shift for Light | |
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| The Impact of Special Relativity | |
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| Summary | |
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| Questions | |
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| Problems | |
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| General Problems | |
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| Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom | |
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| Planck's Quantum Hypothesis | |
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| Photon Theory of Light and the Photoelectric Effect | |
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| Photons and the Compton Effect | |
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| Photon Interactions; Pair Production | |
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| Wave-Particle Duality; the Principle of Complementarity | |
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| Wave Nature of Matter | |
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| Electron Microscopes | |
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| Early Models of the Atom | |
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| Atomic Spectra: Key to the Structure of the Atom | |
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| The Bohr Model | |
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| DeBroglie's Hypothesis Applied to Atoms | |
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| Summary | |
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| Questions | |
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| Problems | |
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| General Problems | |
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| Quantum Mechanics | |
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| Quantum Mechanics-A New Theory | |
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| The Wave Function and Its Interpretation; the Double-Slit Experiment | |
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| The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle | |
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| Philosophic Implications; Probability Versus Determinism | |
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| The Schrodinger Equation in One Dimension-Time-Independent Form | |
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| Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation | |
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| Free Particles; Plane Waves and Wave Packets | |
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| Particle in an Infinitely Deep Square Well Potential (a Rigid Box) | |
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| Finite Potential Well | |
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| Tunneling through a Barrier | |
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| Summary | |
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| Problems | |
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| General Problems | |
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| Quantum Mechanics of Atoms | |
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| Quantum-Mechanical View of Atoms | |
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| Hydrogen Atom: Schrodinger Equation and Quantum Numbers | |
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| Hydrogen Atom Wave Functions | |
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| Complex Atoms; the Exclusion Principle | |
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| The Periodic Table of Elements | |
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| X-Ray Spectra and Atomic Number | |
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| Magnetic Dipole Moments; Total Angular Momentum | |
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| Fluorescence and Phosphorescence | |
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| Lasers | |
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| Holography | |
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| Summary | |
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| General Problems | |
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| Molecules and Solids | |
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| Bonding in Molecules | |
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| Potential-Energy Diagrams for Molecules | |
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| Weak (van der Waals) Bonds | |
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| Molecular Spectra | |
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| Bonding in Solids | |
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| Free-Electron Theory of Metals | |
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| Band Theory of Solids | |
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| Semiconductors and Doping | |
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| Semiconductor Diodes | |
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| Transistors and Integrated Circuits | |
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| Summary | |
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| General Problems | |
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| Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity | |
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| Structure and Properties of the Nucleus | |
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| Binding Energy and Nuclear Forces | |
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| Radioactivity | |
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| Alpha Decay | |
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| Beta Decay | |
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| Gamma Decay | |
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| Conservation of Nucleon Number and Other Conservation Laws | |
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| Half-Life and Rate of Decay | |
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| Decay Series | |
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| Radioactive Dating | |
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| Detection of Radiation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Questions | |
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| Problems | |
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| General Problems | |
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| Nuclear Energy: Efects and Uses of Radiation | |
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| Nuclear Reactions and the Transmutations of Elements | |
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| Cross Section | |
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| Nuclear Fission; Nuclear Reactors | |
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| Fusion | |
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| Passage of radiation through matter; Radiation Damage | |
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| Measurement of Radiation-Dosimetry | |
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| Radiation Therapy | |
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| Tracers | |
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| Imaging by Tomography: CAT Scans, and E | |