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What do you need to know about Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity ?

Sep 30, 20173 min read
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Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity     Radioactivity is spontaneous and random.  The probability that an atom will decay remains constant for the entire life of…

What do you know about Atomic Physics ?

Sep 23, 20173 min read
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Atomic Physics   Rutherford Experiment (aka Geiger-Marsden)       My summary   Rutherford shot alpha particles at a thin film of gold foil Most…

What do you need to know about Thermal Energy?

Sep 10, 201711 min read
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Thermal Energy Transfer / Greenhouse Effect    Some Background   IB calls this topic Thermal Energy Transfer, but really it’s about the greenhouse effect and…

What do you need to know about Quantum Physics?

Aug 20, 20178 min read
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The sequence of development of quantum mechanics, summed up for IB students, from me:   (1) Hydrogen atoms emit a discrete spectrum of light.  This is our first…

What do you need to know about Oscillations and Waves?

Aug 12, 20175 min read
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a a Thermal physics provided the transition from macroscopic physics to microscopic physics, and electricity is all about electrons, so why are we backtracking now…

What do you need to know about Thermal Physics?

Aug 5, 20172 min read
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a I love physics, but I used to think this one topic, thermal physics, was boring.  I had to teach it twice before I understood…

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