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C.  Special Relativity and Quantium Mechanics

2.  Quantum Mechanics
The revolt from determinism during the 20th century

a.  Dual Nature of Light

b.  Compton Effect

c.  Dual Nature of Atomic Particles

d.  Bohr Atom

e.  Diffraction of Particles

f.  Schrodingers Equation

i.  Particle in a Box

ii.  Particle in a Potential Well

g.  Interpretation of Wave Functions

h.  Probabilistic Wave Function

i.  Double Slit Diffraction

j.  Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle

i.  Uncertainty of position and momentum

ii.  Uncertainty of time and energy

k.  Principle of Complementarity

l.  Einstein’s Criticism of the Quantum Theory

m.  Paul Dirac

n.  Antimatter

o.  Relativistic Quantum Mechanics

p.  Electron Spin

q.  Quantum Field Theory