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The Real Hydrogen Atom

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Dip your toe into the world of quantum mechanics by looking at the Schrodinger equation for hydrogen atoms

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Which Twin Is Older?

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A simplified account of special relativity and the twins paradox.

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Electromagnetism

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Read all about electromagnetism in our interactive article.

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Escape from Planet Earth

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How fast would you have to throw a ball upwards so that it would never land?

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Cobalt Decay

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Investigate the effects of the half-lifes of the isotopes of cobalt on the mass of a mystery lump of the element.

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Lennard Jones Potential

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Investigate why the Lennard-Jones potential gives a good approximate explanation for the behaviour of atoms at close ranges

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The Ultra Particle

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Explore the energy of this incredibly energetic particle which struck Earth on October 15th 1991

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Universal Time, Mass, Length

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Can you work out the natural time scale for the universe?

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Striking Gold

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Investigate some of the issues raised by Geiger and Marsden's famous scattering experiment in which they fired alpha particles at a sheet of gold.

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Earth Orbit

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Follow in the steps of Newton and find the path that the earth follows around the sun.

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Big and Small Numbers in Physics

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Work out the numerical values for these physical quantities.

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Crystal Symmetry

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Use vectors and matrices to explore the symmetries of crystals.

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Scientific Curves

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Can you sketch these difficult curves, which have uses in mathematical modelling?

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Operating Machines

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What functions can you make using the function machines RECIPROCAL and PRODUCT and the operator machines DIFF and INT?


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