Modern Physics

 

My mother made me a scientist without ever intending to. Every other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child after school, "So? Did you learn anything today?"

But not my mother. "Izzy," she would say, "did you ask a good question today?"

That difference - asking good questions - made me become a scientist.

- Isidor Isaac Rabi

I. I. Rabi biography

 

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Physics 2000

An interactive journey through modern physics! Learn visually and conceptually about 20th century science, and high-tech devices!

Relativity FAQ

Cosmology FAQ (advanced level)

 

 

 

What is modern physics?

What is modern physics

 

Big Bang Unit

Big Bang Notes and Questions

Cosmic microwave background Anisotropy map

 

Misc. Topics in Modern Physics

What is the fate of the Universe?

 

The luminiferous ether (a.k.a. classical ether)

Michelson & Morley

Ether detector Flash experiment

 

Einstein's theory of Special Relativity

Bouncing light clock time dilation applet

 

Einstein's theory of General Relativity

Self-paced study of GR

 

The Particle Zoo and the Standard Model

The Particle Adventure!

 

Quantum Mechanics

The Quantum Atom: Spectrum, to Bohr Model, to Energy levels

 Quantum Atomic Lab: Interference and Bose-Einstein Condensates

 

Quantum quackery and pseudoscience

Quantum quackery, Skeptical Inquirer

Field Guide to Quantum Quackery and Pseudoscience

 

Parallel Universes and the Multiverse

The multiverse is the hypothetical set of multiple possible universes (including our universe) that together comprise all of reality. The different universes within the multiverse are sometimes called parallel universes or dimensions.

Paralell Universes main article

Physics in the Multiverse (CERN article)

Dr. Max Tegmark: papers on the multiverse

Parallel Universes and Quantum Mechanics