Sunday, May 07, 2006 AD
Quantum mechanics: were you there? Can you help?
A quick appeal for help: my sister is putting together a pitch to write a script for a school TV drama programme about quantum physics, aimed at Key Stage 3 (11-14yrs) students. She's after a "simple" (now hear me out, hear me out) introductory guide to quantum mechanics suitable for 11 to 14 year olds (or, to be more precise, for thirty-year old physiology graduates who are writing dramas about quantum mechanics for 11 to 14 year olds...).
Particularly areas of interest include the particle/wave duality of light, the "cloud of probabilities", lasers/holograms as applications of quantum mechanics, and applications of the theory for "good or evil".
Any suggestions, particularly of books ("Quantum Mechanics for Dummies"?) or online resources, are welcome in the comments.
(I've already had one idea for a character my sister could include: a brilliant young Lutheran mathematician who spends his entire day drawing really cool Feynman diagrams - which he thinks are the best thing ever - while single-handedly refuting the errors of Calvinism...)
Particularly areas of interest include the particle/wave duality of light, the "cloud of probabilities", lasers/holograms as applications of quantum mechanics, and applications of the theory for "good or evil".
Any suggestions, particularly of books ("Quantum Mechanics for Dummies"?) or online resources, are welcome in the comments.
(I've already had one idea for a character my sister could include: a brilliant young Lutheran mathematician who spends his entire day drawing really cool Feynman diagrams - which he thinks are the best thing ever - while single-handedly refuting the errors of Calvinism...)
