tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493437990574291998.post1287482256672283952..comments2023-10-15T05:04:21.811-04:00Comments on The Mind of Dr. Pion: Physics Curriculum CommentDoctor Pionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513786840852469648noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493437990574291998.post-40464398469131880952008-03-23T00:31:00.000-04:002008-03-23T00:31:00.000-04:00I'd be interested in reading about the class. It ...I'd be interested in reading about the class. It was one of those things I've always wanted to understand...and if you have a book reference, all the better.<BR/><BR/>Re: the big T...as long as you've got a reason. I just thought I should warn you before someone really ornery came along. :-D<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493437990574291998.post-18555045460059979782008-03-22T18:53:00.000-04:002008-03-22T18:53:00.000-04:00Maybe I should blog about that QM class. The tric...Maybe I should blog about that QM class. The trick was in showing us that everything we knew was wrong (and, since it was a freshman honors course, we thought we knew a lot) and developing a new intuition from day one. Just like when you live and work in a relativistic world doing research, those rules can become very intuitive. It is, after all, a local theory without the weirdness of action at a distance you get with gravity and none of those crazy "jumps" in Bohr's bogus version that is usually taught in 1st year classes. <BR/><BR/>BTW, I prefer to "camel hump" an abbreviation of the actual name of the CaIofT to using their version of it.Doctor Pionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12513786840852469648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493437990574291998.post-29432953298765543922008-03-21T01:51:00.000-04:002008-03-21T01:51:00.000-04:00I'm incredibly curious how you took an intuitive q...I'm incredibly curious how you took an intuitive quantum mechanics class. I thought that was an oxymoron.<BR/><BR/>When I took QM, the only thing that made any sense was perturbation theory. (Of course, that was a while ago, so none of it makes any sense now.)<BR/><BR/>BTW, one little niggling thing: small t in Caltech. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com