Index  |  Atomic Physics  |  Mechanics  |  Optics  |  Waves

WARNING. These applets have been written with different versions of the JDK.  They will not all compile under the same version.

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Atomic Physics

The Hydrogen Atom

Mechanics
Double Pendulum
Kepler's Laws

Optics

Diffraction
Snell's Law
Lenses
Mirrors

Waves

Sound Waves
Superposition I
Superposition II
Types of Waves
Waves Packets
Waves Reflection
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