STS.042J | Fall 2020 | Undergraduate

Einstein, Oppenheimer, Feynman: Physics in the 20th Century

Lecture 18: Coldwar Classroom: Teaching Quantum Theory in Postwar American Physics

Prof. Kaiser discusses “Big Science,” the “scientific manpower” bubble, and training in quantum mechanics.

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