Marie
Curie Unit
Net Resource Page
Marie Curie and the Revolution in Our Concept of Matter
David Banach
Timeline and key ideas and figures of the age.
Links on Marie Curie's Life and Work
Marie Curie, Radioactivity, and the Emerging New Physics
Yale University Exhibit
Science Museum | Marie Curie and the History of Radioactivity
NPR interview with Barbara Goldsmith on her Biography of Curie
Concentrates on Curie's role in Radiology. Has images of her from stamps and a history of radiology.
Marie Curie Winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics
From the Nobel Prize Internet Archive. Has some
biography and links as well as a nice account of the collaboration between
Marie and Pierre
CWP at physics.UCLA.edu // Sklodowska Curie
A short account of her contributions to nuclear
physics.
Science in Poland - Maria Sklodowska-Curie
This is a mirror in England of the original Polish site. It may load a bit faster.
A kid's site about Marie Cure as a Science Hero, with
quotes from kids about why she is their hero.
Nobel Prize biography.
Marie Sklodowska Curie | Physicist
The Field Museum's Women in Science Page
13 accounts by women scientists about why they chose science. Not on Curie, but still cool.
Links on Kuhn and The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
New York Times Obituary
Emory University
An Overview of the Structure of Scientific Revolutions:
by two students, Kim Neyens and Tracy Q. Gardner
An even shorter introduction to Kuhn with a glossary of important terms from his work.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
An Outline and Study Guide by FrankPajares. Synopsis by same author.
Part IX, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
August 16, 1996, Hour Two:Thomas Kuhn and Scientific Revolutions
A
Radio show on Kuhn's view of Science. You need RealAudio Player and a sound
card for this one.
Has a Bibliography, images, and links to information about his books
Links on the Revolution in Our Conception of Matter
Physics
Web ResourcesThe Discovery of the Electron
Resource: The Mechanical Universe…and Beyond
Science Museum - 1911: Splitting the atom: the new alchemy
Science Museum - Archive recording of JJ Thomson
Quantum Mechanics
The following are some
links to places where you can read more about some of the later
advances in our understanding of the physical universe, alluded to but
not discussed in the last lecture of the unit..
A nice account of the change in how we view matter introduced by quantum mechanics. Thorough, but not too technical.
Complementary & The Copenhagen Interpretation
Young's Double Slit Interference
Introduction to the double slit experment with some nice applet illustrations
U. of Colorado site.
A Nice Applet showing the collapse of the probability wave in the double slit experiment
by Cemal Yalabik, Bilkent University, Physics Department.
Physics Virtual Bookshelf articles on Quantum Mechanics
The Double Slit experiment: A very simple account from Physics 2000
Brief History of Particle Physics
Double slit Experiment applet (nice but watch out for the pop up ads)
"Schrodinger's Cation" by John Horgan from Scientific American. Has some useful links.
Neils Bohr, Discussions with Einstein on Epistemology and Physics
Heisenberg's Summary of the Relation of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy
The EPR Experiment : Simple summary from HyperMaths.org
The EPR Paradox and Bell's Inequality Principle
Does Bell's Inequality Principle rule out local theories of quantum mechanics? From the Physics FAQ
Bell’s Theorem: An excellent account from the Physics Virtual Bookshelf.
The EPR Paradox: A simple account from the Wolfram site
The Nature of Reality: A Nice summary of the EPR and Bell’s Theorem debate and the experiments
Locality and Quantum Mechanics (Contains a nice technical account of Bell’s proof, as well as a simpler account)
Spooky action at a distance : An explanation of Bell’s Theorem
Sheldon Goldstein’s Homepage: A good resource for realistic interpreations of QM and David Bohm
The Many Worlds ( Everett ) Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
