1. Introduction (Ch. 1)
       Dimensions and units (more)
       Why you must always include correct units (see paragraph 6)
2. The Special Theory of Relativity (Ch. 2)
       Time dilation
3. Quantization (Ch. 3)
       Blackbody Radiation
       Photoelectric Effect (history) (cartoon)
4. De Broglie Waves and Wave Packets (Ch. 4)
       The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
5. The Bohr Atom (Ch. 6)
       Rutherford’s original paper (also here)
       Bohr Atom (Bohr’s original paper)
6. The Schrödinger equation (Ch. 5)
       Postulates
       Bound states
       The step potential and tunneling
       The Gamma Function (pdf or gif)
7. The Hydrogen Atom According to Quantum Mechanics (Ch. 7)
       The Central Potential
       (a more detailed treatment)    (an advanced treatment)
       Atomic Quantum Numbers and Selection Rules
8. Many-Electron Atoms (Sect. 8.1-8.3)
       The Pauli Exclusion Principle
9. Introduction to Statistical Mechanics (Ch. 10)
       Classical Statistical Mechanics
       Quantum Statistical Mechanics
10. Introduction to Atomic Nuclei (Ch. 12, 13)
        The ABC's of Nuclear Science (Basics)
        Table of the Nuclides
        Curve of Binding Energy—Fission and Fusion
11. One Lecture on Particle Physics (Sect. 14.2-14.3)
        The Particle Adventure

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