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History 181B - Spring 2008

Lectures on modern physics
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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.

Modern Physics: From The Atom to Big Science

  1. Introduction and overview (11.7Mb)
  2. Natural philosophy and mechanical explanation (11.5Mb)
  3. New mechanical principles (11.7Mb)
  4. Thermodynamics (46.2Mb)
  5. Electricity and magnetism (10.6Mb)
  6. Electromagnetism (11.7Mb)
  7. Making sense of Maxwell (10.7Mb)
  8. Classical world pictures 1 (11.4Mb)
  9. Classical world pictures 2 (11Mb)
  10. Kinetic theory and statistical mechanics (11.7Mb)
  11. Empires of science (11Mb)
  12. New radiations, new phenomena 1 (10.9Mb)
  13. New radiations, new phenomena 2 (11.6Mb)
  14. Radiation problems (11.4Mb)
  15. The quantum (11.6Mb)
  16. Einstein and relativity 1 (10.8Mb)
  17. Einstein and relativity 2 (11.4Mb)
  18. Einstein and relativity 3 (8.8Mb)
  19. General relativity and beyond (11.7Mb)
  20. Atomic physics (11.6Mb)
  21. The old quantum theory of atomic structure (11.5Mb)
  22. Making quantum mechanics 1 (9.7Mb)
  23. Making quantum mechanics 2 (11.5Mb)
  24. Making sense of quantum mechanics (11.5Mb)
  25. Making use of quantum mechanics (11.2Mb)
  26. The solid state (11.5Mb)
  27. Quantum Fields (11.3Mb)
  28. Quantum particles (11.7Mb)
  29. Advancing physics at home (11.8Mb)
  30. Nuclear physics (11.1Mb)
  31. The threats of the 30s (10.1Mb)
  32. Physics under National Socialism (11.5Mb)
  33. The physicists war (11.4Mb)
  34. Fission as a weapon (11.9Mb)
  35. Physics, politics, and the state (9.6Mb)
  36. Rethinking quantum field theory (11.5Mb)
  37. Renormalization (11.5Mb)
  38. The Standard Model (11.4Mb)
  39. And beyond (11.3Mb)
  40. Astrophysics and cosmology (11.4Mb)
  41. Simplicity and complexity (11Mb)
  42. Possible worlds and alternate histories (8.8Mb)

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