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Bryan Sanctuary
March 15, 2010
Published by Bryan at March 15, 2010
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Reality is different between the microscopic and macroscopic levels because of Indistinguishability and Resonance. These properties do not exist classically.
March 13, 2010
Published by Bryan at March 13, 2010
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Only the statistical-ensemble interpretations, as discussed in that paper by Ballentine, allows for a sub-quantum theory to complete quantum mechanics with properties that satisfy local realism, causality and determinism. That a suitable sub-quantum theory has not been found is a human failing and nothing more.
March 10, 2010
Published by Bryan at March 10, 2010
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In my last entry I talked a bit about reality and introduced the ideas of Ontology (the philosophy of being) and Epistemology (the philosophy of knowledge). In this entry we move down to the microscopic level where things are quite different. Our intuition in the macroscopic Naïve Reality in which we live changes dramatically.
March 10, 2010
Published by Bryan at March 10, 2010
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Although the following overview of how scientists think is quite general, in the next few entries to this blog I will be discussing primarily what is involved in acquiring data about the microscopic world and understanding how scientists think about what they measure and what those measurements mean.
February 20, 2010
Published by Bryan at February 20, 2010
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httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B68CEj9KveI In this clip the Aufbau Principle of the electronic structure of the elements is shown as an example of the content of MCH multimedia’s General Chemistry tutorials. The Aufbau or building up principle makes use of the Hydrogen Orbitals and the Pauli Principle. Buy the General Chemistry Tutorial from MCH […]
February 4, 2010
Published by Bryan at February 4, 2010
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httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgcxUjY021E In this video one of the many uses of plotting in the ebooks is given. The example is first order consecutive reactions where the rate equations for the the concentration changes are plotted. By varying the rate constants so that the first is ten times smaller than the second, the steady […]
February 4, 2010
Published by Bryan at February 4, 2010
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httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by9piRJElEI In this video step-a by-step description is given of a bomb calorimeter that is used to measure the internal energy of a sample. If you burn as sample completely and measure the heat that evolves, you can find the thermodynamic internal energy. Recall that internal energy is a state […]
February 3, 2010
Published by Bryan at February 3, 2010
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httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlF6h3H7zLw Summary of MCH High School and College Chemistry and Physics Each of our five courses covers all the material and more that are found in chemistry and physics courses from the high school to College level. The courses entail between 100 and 200 hours of study each. They […]
February 1, 2010
Published by Bryan at February 1, 2010
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httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXRT_KzjXgk Pricing Our regular prices are about half the cost of hard copy text books and offer much more. There are two types of pricing. Regular prices and student prices which are discounted 25% by fromm regular pricing. You can purchase the programs on DVD or by download. The fastes […]
October 31, 2009
Published by Bryan at October 31, 2009
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The purpose of the is blog is to stimulate discussion into the interpretation of qm. I am sure that you have ideas, questions, comments about qm and reactions to what I say. I invite you to submit those in my blog and perhaps we can stimulate a lively discussion and even get to some answers as to what qm really means.