I. 绪论及背景
I. Introduction and Background |
第一周：课程结构及绪论
Week 1: Course Organization and Introduction |
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绪论课
Introductory Lecture |
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第二周：19世纪的遗产
Week 2: The Nineteenth-Century Legacy |
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Maxwell，电气力学和剑桥高材生
Maxwell, Electrodynamics, and Cambridge Wranglers |
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机械和电气力学的世界图景，和理论物理学的兴起
Mechanical and Electrodynamical World Pictures, and the Rise of Theoretical Physics |
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II. 爱因斯坦：相对论、量子、以及哲人科学家
II. Einstein: Relativity, Quanta, and the Philosopher-Scientist |
第三周：狭义相对论的起源：物理性、哲学性，试验性
Week 3: The Origins of Special Relativity: Physical, Philosophical, Experimental |
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狭义相对论和以太
Special Relativity and the Ether |
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爱因斯坦和试验
Einstein and Experiment |
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第四周：从狭义到广义理论
Week 4: From the Special to the General Theory |
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狭义相对论的接受
The Reception of Special Relativity |
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广义相对论的起源
The Origins of General Relativity |
提交第一篇论文
First Paper Due |
第五周：从量子理论到量子力学
Week 5: From Quantum Theory to Quantum Mechanics |
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辐射，量子和原子， 1900-1913。
Radiation, Quanta, and Atoms, 1900-1913 |
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矩阵和波
Matrices and Waves |
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第六周：量子力学的解释
Week 6: Interpreting Quantum Mechanics |
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爱因斯坦- Bohr的辩论
The Einstein-Bohr Debate |
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量子理论的背景：德国魏玛，两次大战之间的美国
The Contexts of Quanta: Weimar Germany, Interwar US |
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第七周：期中狂文
Week 7: Midterm Extravaganza |
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堂上期中考试
In-class Midterm Examination |
III. 奥本海默：物理学、物理学家和国家
III. Oppenheimer: Physics, Physicists, and the State |
第八周：转移课题和中心
Week 8: Shifting Topics and Centers |
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20世纪30年代的核物理；从欧洲到美洲
Nuclear Physics in the 1930s; From Europe to America |
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希特勒时期的物理学； 《德国物理》 和氢弹
Physics under Hitler: deutsche Physik and the bomb |
提交第二篇论文
Second Paper Due |
第九周：物理学家的战争
Week 9: The Physicists' War |
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美国的物理学；雷达和原子弹
Physics in the US: Radar and the Atomic Bomb |
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电影： 《核试爆后的一天》（译注：Trinity是美国第一次核试爆的地点）
Film: The Day After Trinity |
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第十周：氢弹及其后
Week 10: The H-Bomb and Beyond |
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麦卡锡主义和奥本海默听证会
McCarthyism and the Oppenheimer Hearing |
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电影： 《制造氢弹的决定》
Film: The Decision to Build the H-Bomb |
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IV. 费曼和战后美国理论
IV. Feynman and Postwar American Theory |
第十一周：粒子和场
Week 11: Particles and Fields |
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大科学的兴起
The Rise of Big Science |
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保守学派革命：量子电动学和重正化
The Conservative Revolution: QED and Renormalization |
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第十二周：微粒理论的谜团和冲突
Week 12: Conundrums and Conflict in Particle Theory |
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对场理论的挑战
The Challenge to Field Theory |
提交重写的第二篇论文
Second Paper Re-write Due |
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夸克、规范场和标准模型的兴起
Quarks, Gauge Fields, and the Rise of the Standard Model |
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第十三周：实验室和工厂中的固态物理学
Week 13: Solid-State Physics in the Lab and in the Factory |
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建立固态群体
Building a Solid-State Community |
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第十四周：宇宙学和统一论
Week 14: Cosmology and Unification |
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大爆炸理论v.稳态宇宙论
Big Bang v. Steady-State Cosmology |
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膨胀和超弦理论
Inflation and Superstrings |
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第十五周：总结
Week 15: Summary |
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课程总结
Course Summary |
提交期终论文
Final Paper Due |
