Quantum Physics For Everybody 145
fiziko writes in with a self-described "blatant self-promotion" of a worthwhile service for those wishing to go beyond Khan Academy physics: namely Bureau 42's Summer School. "As those who subscribe to the 'Sci-Fi News' slashbox may know, Bureau 42 has launched its first Summer School. This year we're doing a nine-part series (every Monday in July and August) taking readers from high school physics to graduate level physics, with no particular mathematical background required. Follow the link for part 1."
Biggest problem with this course (Score:2, Funny)
What they don't tell you is the course is a superposition of a nine-part series, and that you can't know what course you are going to get until you actually open the pdf file, which is a pretty dicey proposition these days.
Re:How do you talk about physics without mathemati (Score:5, Funny)
discussing poetry purely by means of interpretive dance.
I don't know how you found out about their next lecture series, but I think it would be best if you kept that information to yourself until they get closer to releasing it.
Let me just say, though, that it's almost impossible to truly understand French Medieval poetry until you've seen it performed by a dude in a black unitard.
Re:No mathematical background? (Score:3, Funny)
I don't know about you, but lacking a background in Physics, I found it *very* confusing to jump from integration in 3-D over a Hydrogen probability density wavefunction, to suddenly talking about the *infinite-dimensional* Hilbert function space. Besides, if the students have a problem visualising that if a < b then a+x < b+x, they may also lack the basic tricks of integrating exponential and trigonometric functions. Maybe you only need those in quantum chemistry, not in quantum physics.. dunno..
Re:No mathematical background? (Score:2, Funny)
Hpsi = Epsi
Just divide out psi and you're done!
* Thanks, Slashdot, for allowing Greek letters...