Introductory Modern Physics (Physics 2710)

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

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

• Course schedule
• Syllabus
• Brushing up on prerequisite material
• Textbook information
• Relativity in Five Lessons
• Notes on Quantum Mechanics (a text for a more advanced course, but we’ll use a few excerpts)
• Example problem and solution
• Interactive web apps (Wave Builder, wavefunction animations, etc.)
• Falstad’s math and physics applets
• The Ring of Truth—Atoms (1987 PBS video with Philip Morrison)
• Mermin article on Bell’s theorem (Am. J. Phys. 49, 940–943, 1981)
• The Quantum Venn Diagram Paradox (Minute Physics/3Blue1Brown video on Bell’s theorem)