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Video: Hunting for Neutrinos

The history of the discovery and hunt for the neutrino

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 yearsAugust 24, 2009 ago
Funny

Video: Operation Ivy 1952 Vintage Atomic Bomb Film – Some Campy Fun

Hydrogen bombs.  What could be more fun?  Ortho versus Para Hydrogen Molecule   –  differ in the relative spin states of the nuclei in the H2 molecule – More detailed see: Spin isomers of hydrogen

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 yearsAugust 24, 2009 ago
Information-Theory

Quantum Entanglement of Photons demonstrated in relatively low cost set up

Louis DeBroglie does not get the credit he deserves for original thinking in quantum machanics – DeBroglie thesis paper   – he won the Nobel Prize in 1929 for very good reasons which you will see if you read his thesis paper. I am looking for the single photon counter used Read more…

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 yearsAugust 23, 2009 ago
Engineering

Video: How to make a single photon emitter – Quantum optics of single atoms

Comments This video is not the most entertaining as the speaker has a thick Germanic accent.  However the topic of generating a single photon is important for being able to do experimental quantum physics.  Summary In recent years there has been increasing interest in systems capable to generate photon fields Read more…

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 years ago
Physics

Summary Outline of Richard Feynmans Thesis – Framework for learning QED and Quantum Mechanics in general

He was a fun guy.

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 yearsAugust 21, 2009 ago
Physics

My Guide to all things Richard Feynman

Wikipedia entry  – with a list of papers at the bottom. Selected papers of Richard Feynman Feynman related book bit torrents  – includes the Feynman lectures on physics 1, 2, 3 –  Buy a hard copy because they are great but when traveling soft copy is the way to go. Read more…

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 yearsAugust 20, 2009 ago
Physics

Video: KITP Lecture : Putting Weirdness to Work: Quantum Information Science

boxes and soxes

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 yearsAugust 7, 2009 ago
Physics

Video: David Gross: The Coming Revolutions in Theoretical Physics

The Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics presents a lecture by Nobel Laureate and Berkeley grad, David Gross, of UC Santa Barbara’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. He will discuss "The Coming Revolutions in Fundamental Physics." The lecture is part of the Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics Opening Symposium on October Read more…

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 years ago
Physics

Video: Spooky Actions At A Distance?: Oppenheimer Lecture – David Mermin – and Rhetorical Homework Problem Solution

David Mermin is great presenter. Emailed him and tried to get him to grade my solution to the homework problem. He did not want to give away the answer and spoil future talks.

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 yearsAugust 1, 2009 ago
Nanotechnology

Video: Ray Baughman Lecture – Nanotechnology for fun and profit

  floating ribbon of carbon nanotube sheet near the end

By Fudgy McFarlen, 16 years ago

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