Funny
Video: Operation Ivy 1952 Vintage Atomic Bomb Film – Some Campy Fun
Hydrogen bombs. What could be more fun? Ortho versus Para Hydrogen Molecule – differ in the relative spin states of the nuclei in the H2 molecule – More detailed see: Spin isomers of hydrogen
Information-Theory
Quantum Entanglement of Photons demonstrated in relatively low cost set up
Louis DeBroglie does not get the credit he deserves for original thinking in quantum machanics – DeBroglie thesis paper – he won the Nobel Prize in 1929 for very good reasons which you will see if you read his thesis paper. I am looking for the single photon counter used Read more…
Engineering
Video: How to make a single photon emitter – Quantum optics of single atoms
Comments This video is not the most entertaining as the speaker has a thick Germanic accent. However the topic of generating a single photon is important for being able to do experimental quantum physics. Summary In recent years there has been increasing interest in systems capable to generate photon fields Read more…
Physics
My Guide to all things Richard Feynman
Wikipedia entry – with a list of papers at the bottom. Selected papers of Richard Feynman Feynman related book bit torrents – includes the Feynman lectures on physics 1, 2, 3 – Buy a hard copy because they are great but when traveling soft copy is the way to go. Read more…
Physics
Video: David Gross: The Coming Revolutions in Theoretical Physics
The Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics presents a lecture by Nobel Laureate and Berkeley grad, David Gross, of UC Santa Barbara’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. He will discuss "The Coming Revolutions in Fundamental Physics." The lecture is part of the Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics Opening Symposium on October Read more…
Physics
Video: Spooky Actions At A Distance?: Oppenheimer Lecture – David Mermin – and Rhetorical Homework Problem Solution
David Mermin is great presenter. Emailed him and tried to get him to grade my solution to the homework problem. He did not want to give away the answer and spoil future talks.
Nanotechnology
Video: Ray Baughman Lecture – Nanotechnology for fun and profit
floating ribbon of carbon nanotube sheet near the end