OLLI101482 - Understanding the Quantum World [Online via Zoom]
Course Description
Understanding the Quantum World Instructor: Alex Bahoor Day of Week: Mondays Dates: Feb 1 – Mar 21 No Class: Mar 7 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Location: Online via Zoom This class is intended for the science-minded student who does not need to have studied physics in university; most of past students have been attorneys, accountants, or dentists. Each PP slide will be detailed and understandable by every student, with formulae when needed, but we will not go through math derivation. The lectures will describe the physics behind the phenomena that baffled scientists for years, without using math. Topics to be covered including Ultraviolet Catastrophe, spectrum of light from hydrogen, Double Slit experiment, Wave-Particle Duality of Light, migratory birds and how they follow the Earth magnetic field, and photosynthesis process in plants to make sugar. Maximum online registrants: 100 Instructor Bio: Alex Bahoor, Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering in the University of Baghdad, Iraq. In his professional career he worked for, among other places, Qualcomm and Cisco where he was an analyst and technical lead level on Wireless networks such as Wi-Fi and LTE infrastructures. As part of his education he studied and ultimately fell in love with the study of Quantum Physics. Now retired he enjoys teaching and discussing Quantum Physics. He most recently taught at the Florham Institute for Lifelong Learning program or FILL at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. He now resides in Philadelphia.
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