Introductory Modern Physics (Physics 2710)

Daniel V. Schroeder, Department of Physics, Weber State University

This web site contains public documents for the course and links to other resources. Registered students should also make use of the university’s Canvas system, where quizzes and scores are posted.

• Course schedule
• Syllabus
• Textbook information
• Brushing up on prerequisite material
• Example problem and solution
• Relativity in Five Lessons
• How special relativity makes magnets work (Veritasium/MinutePhysics video)
• The Ring of Truth—Atoms (1987 PBS video with Philip Morrison)
• Notes on Quantum Mechanics (a draft text for a more advanced course, but we’ll use a few excerpts)
• The Shooting Method (adapted section from Notes on Quantum Mechanics)
• Mathematica code for one-dimensional scattering by the shooting method
• Mathematica code for plotting two-dimensional wavefunctions
• Picturing Angular Momentum handout
• Spin handout (5 pages)
• Two-particle systems handout (7 pages)
• Interactive web apps (Wave Builder, wavefunction animations, etc.)
• Falstad’s math and physics applets
• Mermin article on Bell’s theorem (Am. J. Phys. 49, 940–943, 1981)
• The Quantum Venn Diagram Paradox (MinutePhysics/3Blue1Brown video on Bell’s theorem)

Last modified on 23 August 2026.