Physics 150  Fall 2003     Lect. 20.   Atoms. Electrons, Nuclei; The Birth of Quantum Mechanics

This lecture is two parts with the second part extending into next class period


Part 1: Atoms. Electrons, Nuclei - discoveries around 1890-1911

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Part 2: The Birth of Quantum Mechanics - Confusion, revolutionary ideas at the turn on the century ~1900

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