Modern Physics: From The Atom to Big Science (Two

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History 181B Modern Physics: From The Atom to Big Science (Two Day Delay)

02:00-3:00 PM | 3 Le Conte
Instructor Cathryn Carson

History 181B - Spring 2008 - Establishment of the ideas and institutions of modern physics. Undoing the classical world picture: radioactivity, Einstein, quantum mechanics, philosophical disputes. The evolving structure of the discipline, links with industry and government, World War II and the atomic bomb. Postwar conceptual consolidation and the emergence of big science.

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				Wed 1/23	Introduction and overview
				Fri 1/25	Natural philosophy and mechanical explanation
				Mon 1/28	New mechanical principles
				Wed 1/30	Thermodynamics
				Fri 2/1	Electricity and magnetism
				Mon 2/4	Electromagnetism
				Wed 2/6	Making sense of Maxwell
				Fri 2/8	Classical world pictures 1
				Mon 2/11	Classical world pictures 2
				Wed 2/13	Kinetic theory and statistical mechanics
				Fri 2/15	Empires of science
				Mon 2/18	Presidents Day
				Wed 2/20	New radiations, new phenomena 1
				Fri 2/22	New radiations, new phenomena 2
				Mon 2/25	Radiation problems
				Wed 2/27	The quantum
				Fri 2/29	Einstein and relativity 1
				Mon 3/3	Einstein and relativity 2
				Wed 3/5	Einstein and relativity 3
				Fri 3/7	General relativity and beyond
				Mon 3/10	Midterm
				Wed 3/12	Atomic physics
				Fri 3/14	The old quantum theory of atomic structure
				Mon 3/17	Making quantum mechanics 1
				Wed 3/19	Making quantum mechanics 2
				Fri 3/21	Making sense of quantum mechanics
				Mon 3/24	Spring Break
				Wed 3/26	Spring Break
				Fri 3/28	Spring Break
				Mon 3/31	Making use of quantum mechanics
				Wed 4/2	The solid state
				Fri 4/4	No Lecture
				Mon 4/7	Quantum Fields
				Wed 4/9	Quantum particles
				Fri 4/11	Advancing physics at home
				Mon 4/14	Nuclear physics
				Wed 4/16	The threats of the 30s
				Fri 4/18	Physics under National Socialism
				Mon 4/21	The physicists war
				Wed 4/23	Fission as a weapon
				Fri 4/25	Physics, politics, and the state
				Mon 4/28	Rethinking quantum field theory
				Wed 4/30	Renormalization
				Fri 5/2	The Standard Model
				Mon 5/5	And beyond
				Wed 5/7	Astrophysics and cosmology
				Fri 5/9	Simplicity and complexity
				Mon 5/12	Possible worlds and alternate histories