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Topological Quantum Field Theory Club: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit the Topological Quantum Field Theory club's website. Find out about their organization and visit links to club events and other related topics.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Richard Feynman

For Students 9th - 10th
Theoretical physicist Richard Phillips Feynman greatly simplified the way in which the interactions of particles could be described through his introduction of the diagrams that now bear his name (Feynman diagrams) and was a co-recipient...
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Richard Phillips Feynman

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of St Andrews provides this biographical site on the life of Richard Feynman. The site has links to quotes, posters and references.
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Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Superconductors

For Students 9th - 10th
Superconductors are materials that offer no resistance to electricity passing through them. They have many applications in science, such as in the Large Hadron Collider. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to...
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Biography of Richard Feynman

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography of the physicist Richard Feynman surveys his contributions to the development of the atomic bomb as well as his work on quantum electrostatics.
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Website
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Quantum Field Theories: Quantum Topology

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides links to papers dealing with Quantum Field Theories and Quantum Topology. In addition there are links to several physics websites.
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Other

Cronodon: Atoms Models of the Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents models of the atom developed by Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr, and Schrodinger. Includes successes and failures of each, illustrations, and detailed descriptions. Also discusses Dirac's model of the atom and introduces quantum...
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Paul Dirac

For Students 9th - 10th
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was an outstanding twentieth century theoretical physicist whose work was fundamental to the development of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics jointly with...
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Julian Schwinger

For Students 9th - 10th
Theoretical physicist Julian Schwinger used the mathematical process of renormalization to rid the quantum field theory developed by Paul Dirac of serious incongruities with experimental observations that had nearly prompted the...
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Sin Itiro Tomonaga

For Students 9th - 10th
Japanese theoretical physicist Sin-Itiro Tomonaga resolved key problems with the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED) developed by Paul Dirac in the late 1920s through the use of a mathematical technique he referred to as...
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Other

Science Hobbyist: Dr. Richard Feynman

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Science Hobbyist is dedicated to Dr. Richard Feynman (1918-1988 CE), Nobelist Physicist, teacher, storyteller, bongo player. The site has links to articles by and about him.
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Bielefeld Univ.: Simulation of Lattice Gauge Theories

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Bielefeld University has links to papers and plots dealing with gauge theory.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What in the World Is Topological Quantum Matter?

For Students 9th - 10th
David Thouless, Duncan Haldane, and Michael Kosterlitz won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2016 for discovering that even microscopic matter at the smallest scale can exhibit macroscopic properties and phases that are topological. Find out...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Dual Nature of Light as Reflected in the Nobel Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the historical figures who contributed to our understanding of the nature of light, x-rays, Quantum ElectroDynamic (QED) theory, and so on.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Quantum Electrodynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
In its description of quantum electrodynamics this definition provides the governing equations.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Richard Feynman Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Nobel Foundation is a short biography of Dr. Richard Feynman (1918-1988 CE).
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Richard Feynman

For Students K - 1st
Brief biographical sketch of scientist Richard Feynman whose contributions include the Manhattan Project, quantum electrodynamics, and superfluidity.