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Originally posted by Einstiensqd
As for the statement that Quantum Physics is off limits to seventh graders, that is a mockery of what the children of today can learn! Heck, I'm only in sixth grade and I am reading The Secret Life of Quanta by M.Y. Han! So if anyone has the nerve to say phyisics is of limits off kids, you are officaly going to be posted as an idiot somewhere on this site where it is most embarresing to see it!
Of course everyone here knows something about quantum physics, at least in the qualitative sense. With the popularization of quantum computing, quantum teleporation, photonics, semiconductors, and nanoscience, it would be difficult for anyone living in the western world to get away with not knowing anything about quantum physics.
At most universities, a two semester course sequence in quantum physics is taken in the senior year of the physics major. A two semester course sequence in quantum mechanics usually isn't taken until graduate school. Students doing their graduate work in theoretical physics may take four semesters of quantum mechanics.
Anyway, seventh graders haven't even taken a single class in calculus. Most physics majors will take three classes in general calculus, a class in differential calculus, a class in ordinary differential equations, a class in partial differential equations, a class in matrix algebra, and a class in probability before they begin taking quantum physics. So, I seriously think you should have more respect for the opinions of those you refer to as idiots.
By the way, I read the Secret Life of Quanta back in 1996. From what I remember of it, it's poorly written, there are little to no equations, and it basically just describes some very general concepts relating to solid state technology. For seventh graders, I would recommend http://ez2find.com/go.php3?site=book&go=1874166374 .
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