

Visualize how spherical harmonics, the rotational stationary states, are like 2D particle-in-a-box stationary states, and other neat applets from BPReid, such as the applet to connect the hydrogen states to its emission spectrum.What happens when the trajectories are reversed? Watch the Boltzmann distribution form as an ideal gas comes to equilibrium.Breaking news! Molecular orbitals have been imaged tomographically (as in CAT scan) for the first time, showing attosecond (10^-18 seconds) electron wave dynamics about the nuclei, as reported in the 16 Dec 04 issue of Nature.Feeling creative or destructive? Create, destroy or even edit states and see their effect on the Boltzmann factor, populations, energy and heat capacity with this nifty Statistical Mechanics Visualization Applet.Try out some applets by Dennis Rapaport illustrating some uses of simulation in visualizing and understanding physical phenomena Statistical Mechanics is at the heart of modern computer simulation.In 20 years, you'll be nostalgic for those days of quantum mechanics, or so you'll tell your kids.like Jenny Jetpack in this cartoon (courtesy A.

CU Boulder has produced some nice physics applets, including ones for visualizing particle-wave duality.Links to sites shown in class or of P Chem interest
