| Here we get to play with and understand two different kinds of modern developments that relate back to research of Einstein and other 20th century physicists: high-tech electronics, and the bizarre conclusions of the latest laboratory research. |
| Play with and understand familiar modern high-tech devices. Learn how these things work from an engineering standpoint, and use them as a gateway to appreciating the physics that makes them possible. |
Electron Microscopes and STM Microwave Ovens CD Player
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Learn about pioneering modern experiments performed in Boulder,
Colorado in recent years that reveal the
"amazing physics" aspects of quantum mechanics and
verify surprising predictions
by Einstein and other quantum theorists of the early 20th century: 
Schrödinger's Cat (One atom, multiple states)
The Schrödinger's cat paradox is based on the quantum prediction
that matter can be in more than one "state" at the same time (a superposition state).
Laboratory studies at NIST, in Boulder, have
verified that an atom can be in two places at the same time.
Bose-Einstein Condensate (Many atoms, one state)
The Einstein-Bose condensate recently created in Boulder laboratories
is a new form of matter predicted to exist at low temperatures.
Atoms of a type called bosons are all cooled to the same state,
very much as photons of light (another kind of boson) are all in the
same state (direction and wavelength) as they emerge from a
laser.
