RE: Explaining QM to the layperson

[Michael Thomason <thomason@spot.Colorado.EDU>]

See below.

Michael Thomason, Director of Physics Learning Laboratories
University of Colorado, Dept of Physics, Box 390, Boulder CO 80309-0390
MWF 303 -492-7117   TTh 303 492-8313   thomason@aeinstein.colorado.edu
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/

On Fri, May 9, 1997, Brian J. Oliver wrote:

> My impression is that the authors of this page and those of the above
> reference (possibly one and the same) certainly did not intend there
> effort to be humorous and certainly not insulting to anyone, but rather
> to assist in the solution to the problem which originated this thread,
> "How do teach the layperson about QM?"

I hope the effort isn't insulting.  As to humor, it probably isn't
humorous enough.
 
> In my opinion the Physics 2000 effort is a very useful endeavour and will
> undoubtedly help in making some of the difficult concepts of QM
> accessibleto the layperson.  My only problem with it is that I havn't been
> able to get any of the Java applets to work on my machine.

The site provides System Requirements and Troubleshooting help.  From the
homepage (www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/) click "More About Physics 2000"
and "What do I need to take full advantage of this Website?"  I would be
very interested in hearing, off-list, if these pages don't successfully
help you get the Java applets running.
 
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