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Quanta for the quick

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

Geoffrey Matthews  and
Bob Lewis
Geoffrey Matthews
Affiliation:
Centre for Science Education, Chelsea College, Bridges Place, London SW6 4HR
Bob Lewis
Affiliation:
Centre for Science Education, Chelsea College, Bridges Place, London SW6 4HR
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Extract

The aim of this note is simply to encourage dialogue between mathematics and physics teachers. In most school physics and chemistry courses, any mention of quantum theory has been limited to a brief qualitative discussion, or has been restricted to the simple Bohr theory. The new Nuffield Advanced Physics material [1] goes much further than this, with the opportunity to apply some quite simple mathematics, supported by a computer analysis. We shall here give a gross simplification of the end of a long story in the physics course.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 58 , Issue 403 , March 1974 , pp. 8 - 14
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1974

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References

1. Nuffield Advanced Physics, Students’ Book and Teachers’ Guide, Unit 10, Waves, particles and atoms. Penguin (1972).Google Scholar
2. Film loop Solving a standing wave equation for a hydrogen atom. Penguin, No. XX 1667 (standard 8).Google Scholar