We formulate a didactic proposal for introducing some fundamental concepts of quantum physics to advanced high school students, and to their teachers. The inspiration comes from some of the fundamental papers about the subject by Albert Einstein, in which many of these concepts, for example light quanta, wave-particle duality, and probability, were introduced for the first time, in a characteristically illuminating way. The proposal can be supplemented by a discussion of elementary tools of statistical physics, which are needed at some point. Preliminary results, both with students and teachers, are very promising.
A Proposal for Introducing Quantum Physics in the Footsteps of Einstein / Di Mauro, Marco; Esposito, Salvatore; Naddeo, Adele. - (2021), p. 30. (Intervento presentato al convegno The 1st Electronic Conference on Universe, 22–28 February 2021) [10.3390/ecu2021-09320].
A Proposal for Introducing Quantum Physics in the Footsteps of Einstein
Salvatore Esposito;Adele Naddeo
2021
Abstract
We formulate a didactic proposal for introducing some fundamental concepts of quantum physics to advanced high school students, and to their teachers. The inspiration comes from some of the fundamental papers about the subject by Albert Einstein, in which many of these concepts, for example light quanta, wave-particle duality, and probability, were introduced for the first time, in a characteristically illuminating way. The proposal can be supplemented by a discussion of elementary tools of statistical physics, which are needed at some point. Preliminary results, both with students and teachers, are very promising.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
