Talk:How things work college course/Quantum mechanics timeline

I wrote this timeline for a conceptual college course that some people used to call "Physics for Poets" (analogous to Geologoy as "Rocks for Jocks" and Chemistry as "Chemistry for Cooks". But with today's ridiculously high tuition rates (something Wikiversity will someday fix with open source learning), students are offered the more practical sounding "How Things Work".

I had been meaning to simplify this timeline when a fellow Wikiversarian added a mathematical discussion of uncertainty and wavepackets. Not to worry. I am delighted that someone wanted to strengthen this timeline with mathematical rigor. Both timelines are a great improvement over the dreary and detailed w:Timeline_of_quantum_mechanics hosted by Wikipedia.

I don't need this resource until August 2014, so don't expect much progress till summer. --guyvan52 (discuss • contribs) 02:25, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

First review

Editorial comments:

1. Planck is spelled two ways in the manuscript - "Planck" and "Plank". --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 00:24, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
2. "Arthurd Compton" to "Arthur Compton", --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 23:59, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
3. "The Planck constant (denoted h) is a physical constant that appears throughout the theory of quantum mechanics, but that has no basis in the classical physics of Isaac Newton." to "The Planck constant (denoted h) is a physical constant that appears throughout the theory of quantum mechanics, but it has no basis in the classical physics of Isaac Newton." --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 02:07, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
4. In the timeline, the facts for the years: 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, and 1935 need references. --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 22:42, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
5. "associated with the the interaction of light" to "associated with the interaction of light". --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 22:44, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
6. "1905 –– Albert Einstein uses Plank's hypotheses explains the photoelectric effect." to "1905 –– Albert Einstein uses Planck's hypotheses to explain the photoelectric effect."
7. "Old quantum theory came into existence in 1900 with a calculation by Plank that precisely matched the observed patterns of black-body radiation." to "The old quantum theory came into existence in 1900 with a calculation by Planck that precisely matched the observed patterns of black-body radiation."
8. "In 1905 Albert Einstein published a paper that explained experimental data from the photoelectric effect that occurs when light strikes a metal surface." to "In 1905 Albert Einstein published a paper which explained experimental data from the photoelectric effect that occurs when light strikes a metal surface."
9. "electrons are emitted from solids, liquids or gases when they absorb energy from light." to "Electrons are emitted from solids, liquids or gases when they absorb light with enough energy."
10. "While attempting to clean an oxide film off of nickel surface, Davisson and Germer heated the specimin to high temperature, not knowing that this would create large single crystal big enough to caused diffraction of their electron beam." to "While attempting to clean an oxide film off a nickel surface, Davisson and Germer heated the specimen to high temperature, not knowing that this would create a large single crystal big enough to cause diffraction of their electron beam."
11. "His hypothesis was that the photon's energy frequency obeyed" to "His hypothesis was that the photon's energy and frequency obeyed"
12. "a connection between waves and particle motion was understood as early as 1834 when Hamilton wrote equations that describe the path taken by light in the approximation that the wavelength is very small" to "a connection between waves and particle motions was understood as early as 1834 when Hamilton wrote equations that described the path taken by light as the wavelength became very small in the approximation"
13. "For an electron of mass , m" to "For an electron of mass, m"
14. "where $E_{2}$ is the higher energy and is $E_{2}$ the lower energy of the atom." to "where $E_{2}$ is the higher energy and $E_{1}$ is the lower energy of the atom."
15. "could be measured by passing light the very hot gas (glowing) through a prism and measuring the wavelength." to "could be measured by passing light from very hot (glowing) gas through a prism and measuring the wavelength." --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 02:15, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
16. "While equations(1 ), (2 ), and (3 ) seem to embody all the calculations of Old Quantum Mechanics," to "While equations (1 ), (2 ), and (3 ) seem to embody all the calculations of Old Quantum Mechanics,"
17. "In fact, the wave behavior of matter particles such as the electron (i.e., matter waves) was not suspected in 1913, and at that time Bohr did not believe in the existence of photons. [18]" to "In fact, the wave behavior of matter particles such as the electron (i.e., matter waves) was not suspected in 1913, and at that time Bohr did not believe in the existence of photons.[18]"
18. "Schrödinger put forth a wave equation that gave the correct energy levels of the hydrogen atom in 1926. [20]" to "Schrödinger put forth a wave equation that gave the correct energy levels of the hydrogen atom in 1926.[20]"
19. "Although Heisenberg, Born, and Jordan had already developed a parallel effort using matrices that would prove to be a mathematically equivalent theory[21])," to "Although Heisenberg, Born, and Jordan had already developed a parallel effort using matrices that would prove to be a mathematically equivalent theory[21],"
20. "Computer generated solutions Schrödinger's equations for a (very tiny) mass attached to a spring are shown to the left." to "Computer generated solutions to Schrödinger's equations for a (very tiny) mass attached to a spring are shown to the left."
21. "he introduces unpredictable and uncontrollable changes in the his thoughts proceed thereafter." to "he introduces unpredictable and uncontrollable changes in the his thoughts that proceed thereafter."
22. "Heisenberg came up with more convincing understanding" to "Heisenberg came up with a more convincing understanding"
23. "To understand why, put yourself reference frame of your flat sheet." to "To understand why, put your reference frame on the flat sheet."
24. "Notice how decreasing the diameter of the hole increases the motion the spreading of the wave." to "Notice how decreasing the diameter of the hole increases the motion of spreading the wave." --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 04:57, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
25. "To create this situation in a classroom, tape a wooden block to a stretched snaky spring" to "To create this situation in a classroom, tape a wooden block to a stretched snakey spring"

Text comments:

Combining this with "Abridged timeline of quantum mechanics" may make a better submission. --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 16:58, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Review for WJS contains a description of what Planck did and was doing. Boltzmann's approach could be thought of as atoms emitting quantized energy or photons. --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 00:22, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Include the reference "J.S. Bell, On the Einstein Podolsky Rosen Paradox, Physics, 1:3 195-200, 1964." here in Recent advances.

References 7 & 15 are identical. --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 14:20, 3 July 2017 (UTC)