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	The term '''atom''' comes from the negating prefix '''''a-''''' and the root word, '''''tomos''''' ancient Greek for a '''cut''' or '''slice'''. ''(compare [[Wiktionary:Tomography\|Tomography]])'' — that is, not divisable into parts. Today we know that atoms can indeed be divided ([[Wikipedia:Cyclotron\|though not easily]]) into ''sub''atomic parts, but the term has allowed a logical entry into the cosmos of the physical universe since ancient times. In [[Basic atomic physics]], we will introduce theoretical (atomic) physics to the reader who is "not conversant with the mathematical apparatus		The term '''atom''' comes from the negating prefix '''''a-''''' and the root word, '''''tomos''''' ancient Greek for a '''cut''' or '''slice'''. ''(compare [[Wiktionary:Tomography\|Tomography]])'' — that is, not divisable into parts. Today we know that atoms can indeed be divided ([[Wikipedia:Cyclotron\|though not easily]]) into ''sub''atomic parts, but the term has allowed a logical entry into the cosmos of the physical universe since ancient times. In [[Basic atomic physics]], we will introduce theoretical (atomic) physics to the reader who is "not conversant with the mathematical apparatus
	of theoretical physics [http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=12465&pageno=3]" but keenly interested and determined to learn the topic. ''See the [[~~School:~~Physics\|School of Physics]] for this article's placement within the curriculum.''		of theoretical physics [http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=12465&pageno=3]" but keenly interested and determined to learn the topic. ''See the [[Physics\|School of Physics]] for this article's placement within the curriculum.''

	==Introduction==		==Introduction==
	Early thinkers, such as [[Wikipedia:Democritus\|Democritus]], [[Wikipedia:Ptolomy\|Ptolomy]] and [[Wikipedia:Euclid\|Euclid]] and a host of other giants upon whose shoulders stood contemporaries such as [[Wikipedia:Rene Descartes\|Descartes]], [[Wikipedia:Issac Newton\|Newton]] and [[Wikipedia:Albert Einstein\|Einstein]] believed that the World was ''comprehensible''. Had they not believed this, they might have abandoned their studies to simply accept superstition and malformed faith, returning to a life of nescient practice. It's a good thing for [[~~School:~~Physics\|us]] that they described at least a starting point for conceptual physical [[Wikipedia:unity\|unity]] to the tiniest, most fundemental things they could think of.		Early thinkers, such as [[Wikipedia:Democritus\|Democritus]], [[Wikipedia:Ptolomy\|Ptolomy]] and [[Wikipedia:Euclid\|Euclid]] and a host of other giants upon whose shoulders stood contemporaries such as [[Wikipedia:Rene Descartes\|Descartes]], [[Wikipedia:Issac Newton\|Newton]] and [[Wikipedia:Albert Einstein\|Einstein]] believed that the World was ''comprehensible''. Had they not believed this, they might have abandoned their studies to simply accept superstition and malformed faith, returning to a life of nescient practice. It's a good thing for [[Physics\|us]] that they described at least a starting point for conceptual physical [[Wikipedia:unity\|unity]] to the tiniest, most fundemental things they could think of.

	Atomic physics is a subject about [[Wiktionary:power\|power]]s, [[Wiktionary:object\|object]]s, [[Wiktionary:force\|force]]s, [[Wiktionary:motion\|motion]] and [[Wiktionary:change\|change]]. It is a quintessential study of [[Wikipedia:reality\|reality]] that ''can be'' both sensed and concieved ''if'' a consice, succint, accurate, flexible, and dynamic language is shared among its proponents. Learning this language, the [[Mathematics of Theoretical Physics]] perhaps ''should be'' the primary goal of the physics student.		Atomic physics is a subject about [[Wiktionary:power\|power]]s, [[Wiktionary:object\|object]]s, [[Wiktionary:force\|force]]s, [[Wiktionary:motion\|motion]] and [[Wiktionary:change\|change]]. It is a quintessential study of [[Wikipedia:reality\|reality]] that ''can be'' both sensed and concieved ''if'' a consice, succint, accurate, flexible, and dynamic language is shared among its proponents. Learning this language, the [[Mathematics of Theoretical Physics]] perhaps ''should be'' the primary goal of the physics student.
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	[[Image:Mug and Torus morph.gif\|thumb\|right\|Mathematical apparatus: How powerful is math?]]		[[Image:Mug and Torus morph.gif\|thumb\|right\|Mathematical apparatus: How powerful is math?]]
	Imagine a young [[Wikipedia:Pythagoras\|Pythagoras]] sitting cross-legged on a Samian beach with his new [[Wikipedia:lyre\|lyre]]. With the index finger of one hand he gently touches the midpoint of a string, while carefully plucking it with the thumbnail of his other hand. Does this have anything to do with atomic physics? The English '''[[~~School:~~Chemistry\|chemist]]''', [[Wikipedia:John Newlands\|John Newlands]] might have thought so.		Imagine a young [[Wikipedia:Pythagoras\|Pythagoras]] sitting cross-legged on a Samian beach with his new [[Wikipedia:lyre\|lyre]]. With the index finger of one hand he gently touches the midpoint of a string, while carefully plucking it with the thumbnail of his other hand. Does this have anything to do with atomic physics? The English '''[[Chemistry\|chemist]]''', [[Wikipedia:John Newlands\|John Newlands]] might have thought so.
	:'''''Think:''''' ''The term '''[[Wiktionary:octave\|octave]]''' is used in both Music and Physics. ''See [[Wikipedia:Periodic table\|Periodic table]], [[Wikipedia:Electron shell\|Electron shell]], [[Wikipedia:Musical acoustics\|Musical acoustics]]''		:'''''Think:''''' ''The term '''[[Wiktionary:octave\|octave]]''' is used in both Music and Physics. ''See [[Wikipedia:Periodic table\|Periodic table]], [[Wikipedia:Electron shell\|Electron shell]], [[Wikipedia:Musical acoustics\|Musical acoustics]]''
	::Why was Newlands, who noticed in 1865 that the elements of similar type recurred at intervals of eight, ridiculed by his contemporaries for his "law of octaves"?		::Why was Newlands, who noticed in 1865 that the elements of similar type recurred at intervals of eight, ridiculed by his contemporaries for his "law of octaves"?

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	Imagine a young [[Wikipedia:Pythagoras\|Pythagoras]] sitting cross-legged on a Samian beach with his new [[Wikipedia:lyre\|lyre]]. With the index finger of one hand he gently touches the midpoint of a string, while carefully plucking it with the thumbnail of his other hand. Does this have anything to do with atomic physics? The English '''[[School:Chemistry\|chemist]]''', [[Wikipedia:John Newlands\|John Newlands]] might have thought so.		Imagine a young [[Wikipedia:Pythagoras\|Pythagoras]] sitting cross-legged on a Samian beach with his new [[Wikipedia:lyre\|lyre]]. With the index finger of one hand he gently touches the midpoint of a string, while carefully plucking it with the thumbnail of his other hand. Does this have anything to do with atomic physics? The English '''[[School:Chemistry\|chemist]]''', [[Wikipedia:John Newlands\|John Newlands]] might have thought so.
	:'''''Think:''''' ''The term '''[[Wiktionary:octave\|octave]]''' s used in both Music and Physics. ''See [[Wikipedia:Periodic table\|Periodic table]], [[Wikipedia:Electron shell\|Electron shell]], [[Wikipedia:Musical acoustics\|Musical acoustics]]''		:'''''Think:''''' ''The term '''[[Wiktionary:octave\|octave]]''' is used in both Music and Physics. ''See [[Wikipedia:Periodic table\|Periodic table]], [[Wikipedia:Electron shell\|Electron shell]], [[Wikipedia:Musical acoustics\|Musical acoustics]]''
	::Why was Newlands, who noticed in 1865 that the elements of similar type recurred at intervals of eight, ridiculed by his contemporaries for his "law of octaves"?		::Why was Newlands, who noticed in 1865 that the elements of similar type recurred at intervals of eight, ridiculed by his contemporaries for his "law of octaves"?
	:::<small>''Hint: see [[Wikipedia:Pathological science\|Pathological science]]''</small>		:::<small>''Hint: see [[Wikipedia:Pathological science\|Pathological science]]''</small>
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	Imagine a young [[Wikipedia:Pythagoras\|Pythagoras]] sitting cross-legged on a Samian beach with his new [[Wikipedia:lyre\|lyre]]. With the index finger of one hand he gently touches the midpoint of a string, while carefully plucking it with the thumbnail of his other hand. Does this have anything to do with atomic physics? The English '''[[School:Chemistry\|chemist]]''', [[Wikipedia:John Newlands\|John Newlands]] might have thought so.		Imagine a young [[Wikipedia:Pythagoras\|Pythagoras]] sitting cross-legged on a Samian beach with his new [[Wikipedia:lyre\|lyre]]. With the index finger of one hand he gently touches the midpoint of a string, while carefully plucking it with the thumbnail of his other hand. Does this have anything to do with atomic physics? The English '''[[School:Chemistry\|chemist]]''', [[Wikipedia:John Newlands\|John Newlands]] might have thought so.
	:'''''Think:''''' ''The term '''[[Wiktionary:octave\|octave]]''' is used in both Music and Physics. ''See [[Wikipedia:Periodic table\|Periodic table]], [[Wikipedia:Electron shell\|Electron shell]], [[Wikipedia:Musical acoustics\|Musical acoustics]]''		:'''''Think:''''' ''The term '''[[Wiktionary:octave\|octave]]''' s used in both Music and Physics. ''See [[Wikipedia:Periodic table\|Periodic table]], [[Wikipedia:Electron shell\|Electron shell]], [[Wikipedia:Musical acoustics\|Musical acoustics]]''
	::Why was Newlands, who noticed in 1865 that the elements of similar type recurred at intervals of eight, ridiculed by his contemporaries for his "law of octaves"?		::Why was Newlands, who noticed in 1865 that the elements of similar type recurred at intervals of eight, ridiculed by his contemporaries for his "law of octaves"?
	:::<small>''Hint: see [[Wikipedia:Pathological science\|Pathological science]]''</small>		:::<small>''Hint: see [[Wikipedia:Pathological science\|Pathological science]]''</small>
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	Atomic physics is a subject about [[Wiktionary:power\|power]]s, [[Wiktionary:object\|object]]s, [[Wiktionary:force\|force]]s, [[Wiktionary:motion\|motion]] and [[Wiktionary:change\|change]]. It is a quintessential study of [[Wikipedia:reality\|reality]] that ''can be'' both sensed and concieved ''if'' a consice, succint, accurate, flexible, and dynamic language is shared among its proponents. Learning this language, the [[Mathematics of Theoretical Physics]] perhaps ''should be'' the primary goal of the physics student.		Atomic physics is a subject about [[Wiktionary:power\|power]]s, [[Wiktionary:object\|object]]s, [[Wiktionary:force\|force]]s, [[Wiktionary:motion\|motion]] and [[Wiktionary:change\|change]]. It is a quintessential study of [[Wikipedia:reality\|reality]] that ''can be'' both sensed and concieved ''if'' a consice, succint, accurate, flexible, and dynamic language is shared among its proponents. Learning this language, the [[Mathematics of Theoretical Physics]] perhaps ''should be'' the primary goal of the physics student.

	{\|
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	~~\|<math>\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial\varphi^2}</math>~~
	\|<small>This example, though intimidating to the freshman, is simply a formula used to describe spherical coordinates. See [[Wikipedia:User talk:Dysprosia/Archive (19)#phi vs. varphi\|Jacobolus and Dysprosia]]</small>
	\|}

	As Einstien did in his book, ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5001 Relativity : the Special and General Theory]'', this course will advance the learner (and some teachers) in a "step-motherly" fashion so that "readers unfamiliar with physics may		As Einstien did in his book, ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5001 Relativity : the Special and General Theory]'', this course will advance the learner (and some teachers) in a "step-motherly" fashion so that "readers unfamiliar with physics may

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	Early thinkers, such as [[Wikipedia:Democritus\|Democritus]], [[Wikipedia:Ptolomy\|Ptolomy]] and [[Wikipedia:Euclid\|Euclid]] and a host of other giants upon whose shoulders stood contemporaries such as [[Wikipedia:Rene Descartes\|Descartes]], [[Wikipedia:Issac Newton\|Newton]] and [[Wikipedia:Albert Einstein\|Einstein]] believed that the World was ''comprehensible''. Had they not believed this, they might have abandoned their studies to simply accept superstition and malformed faith, returning to a life of nescient practice. It's a good thing for [[School:Physics\|us]] that they described at least a starting point for conceptual physical [[Wikipedia:unity\|unity]] to the tiniest, most fundemental things they could think of.		Early thinkers, such as [[Wikipedia:Democritus\|Democritus]], [[Wikipedia:Ptolomy\|Ptolomy]] and [[Wikipedia:Euclid\|Euclid]] and a host of other giants upon whose shoulders stood contemporaries such as [[Wikipedia:Rene Descartes\|Descartes]], [[Wikipedia:Issac Newton\|Newton]] and [[Wikipedia:Albert Einstein\|Einstein]] believed that the World was ''comprehensible''. Had they not believed this, they might have abandoned their studies to simply accept superstition and malformed faith, returning to a life of nescient practice. It's a good thing for [[School:Physics\|us]] that they described at least a starting point for conceptual physical [[Wikipedia:unity\|unity]] to the tiniest, most fundemental things they could think of.

	Atomic physics is a subject about [[Wiktionary:power\|power]]s, [[Wiktionary:object\|object]]s, [[Wiktionary:force\|force]]s, [[Wiktionary:motion\|motion]] and [[Wiktionary:change\|change]]. It is a quintessential study of [[Wikipedia:reality\|reality]] that ''can be'' both sensed and concieved ''if'' a consice, succint, accurate, flexible, and dynamic language is shared among its proponents. Learning this language, the [[Mathematics ~~for~~ Theoretical Physics]] perhaps ''should be'' the primary goal of the physics student.		Atomic physics is a subject about [[Wiktionary:power\|power]]s, [[Wiktionary:object\|object]]s, [[Wiktionary:force\|force]]s, [[Wiktionary:motion\|motion]] and [[Wiktionary:change\|change]]. It is a quintessential study of [[Wikipedia:reality\|reality]] that ''can be'' both sensed and concieved ''if'' a consice, succint, accurate, flexible, and dynamic language is shared among its proponents. Learning this language, the [[Mathematics of Theoretical Physics]] perhaps ''should be'' the primary goal of the physics student.

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	Early thinkers, such as [[Wikipedia:Democritus\|Democritus]], [[Wikipedia:Ptolomy\|Ptolomy]] and [[Wikipedia:Euclid\|Euclid]] and a host of other giants upon whose shoulders stood contemporaries such as [[Wikipedia:Rene Descartes\|Descartes]], [[Wikipedia:Issac Newton\|Newton]] and [[Wikipedia:Albert Einstein\|Einstein]] believed that the World was ''comprehensible''. Had they not believed this, they might have abandoned their studies to simply accept superstition and malformed faith, returning to a life of nescient practice. It's a good thing for [[School:Physics\|us]] that they described at least a starting point for conceptual physical [[Wikipedia:unity\|unity]] to the tiniest, most fundemental things they could think of.		Early thinkers, such as [[Wikipedia:Democritus\|Democritus]], [[Wikipedia:Ptolomy\|Ptolomy]] and [[Wikipedia:Euclid\|Euclid]] and a host of other giants upon whose shoulders stood contemporaries such as [[Wikipedia:Rene Descartes\|Descartes]], [[Wikipedia:Issac Newton\|Newton]] and [[Wikipedia:Albert Einstein\|Einstein]] believed that the World was ''comprehensible''. Had they not believed this, they might have abandoned their studies to simply accept superstition and malformed faith, returning to a life of nescient practice. It's a good thing for [[School:Physics\|us]] that they described at least a starting point for conceptual physical [[Wikipedia:unity\|unity]] to the tiniest, most fundemental things they could think of.

	Atomic physics is a subject about [[Wiktionary:power\|power]]s, [[Wiktionary:object\|object]]s, [[Wiktionary:force\|force]]s, [[Wiktionary:motion\|motion]] and [[Wiktionary:change\|change]]. It is a quintessential study of [[Wikipedia:reality\|reality]] that ''can be'' both sensed and concieved ''if'' a consice, succint, accurate, flexible, and dynamic language is shared among its proponents. Learning this language, the [[Mathematics of Theoretical Physics]] perhaps ''should be'' the primary goal of the physics student.		Atomic physics is a subject about [[Wiktionary:power\|power]]s, [[Wiktionary:object\|object]]s, [[Wiktionary:force\|force]]s, [[Wiktionary:motion\|motion]] and [[Wiktionary:change\|change]]. It is a quintessential study of [[Wikipedia:reality\|reality]] that ''can be'' both sensed and concieved ''if'' a consice, succint, accurate, flexible, and dynamic language is shared among its proponents. Learning this language, the [[Mathematics for Theoretical Physics]] perhaps ''should be'' the primary goal of the physics student.

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The term '''atom''' comes from the negating prefix '''''a-''''' and the root word, '''''tomos''''' ancient Greek for a '''cut''' or '''slice'''. ''(compare [[Wiktionary:Tomography|Tomography]])'' — that is, not divisable into parts. Today we know that atoms can indeed be divided ([[Wikipedia:Cyclotron|though not easily]]) into ''sub''atomic parts, but the term has allowed a logical entry into the cosmos of the physical universe since ancient times. In [[Basic atomic physics]], we will introduce theoretical (atomic) physics to the reader who is "not conversant with the mathematical apparatus
of theoretical physics [http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=12465&pageno=3]" but keenly interested and determined to learn the topic. ''See the [[School:Physics|School of Physics]] for this article's placement within the curriculum.''

==Introduction==
Early thinkers, such as [[Wikipedia:Democritus|Democritus]], [[Wikipedia:Ptolomy|Ptolomy]] and [[Wikipedia:Euclid|Euclid]] and a host of other giants upon whose shoulders stood contemporaries such as [[Wikipedia:Rene Descartes|Descartes]], [[Wikipedia:Issac Newton|Newton]] and [[Wikipedia:Albert Einstein|Einstein]] believed that the World was ''comprehensible''. Had they not believed this, they might have abandoned their studies to simply accept superstition and malformed faith, returning to a life of nescient practice. It's a good thing for [[School:Physics|us]] that they described at least a starting point for conceptual physical [[Wikipedia:unity|unity]] to the tiniest, most fundemental things they could think of.

Atomic physics is a subject about [[Wiktionary:power|power]]s, [[Wiktionary:object|object]]s, [[Wiktionary:force|force]]s, [[Wiktionary:motion|motion]] and [[Wiktionary:change|change]]. It is a quintessential study of [[Wikipedia:reality|reality]] that ''can be'' both sensed and concieved ''if'' a consice, succint, accurate, flexible, and dynamic language is shared among its proponents. Learning this language, the [[Mathematics of Theoretical Physics]] perhaps ''should be'' the primary goal of the physics student.

{|
|-
|<math>\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial\varphi^2}</math>
|<small>This example, though intimidating to the freshman, is simply a formula used to describe spherical coordinates. See [[Wikipedia:User talk:Dysprosia/Archive (19)#phi vs. varphi|Jacobolus and Dysprosia]]</small>
|}

As Einstien did in his book, ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5001 Relativity : the Special and General Theory]'', this course will advance the learner (and some teachers) in a "step-motherly" fashion so that "readers unfamiliar with physics may
not feel like the wanderer who was unable to see the forest for the
trees."
==Belief and reality==
[[Image:Mug and Torus morph.gif|thumb|right|Mathematical apparatus: How powerful is math?]]
Imagine a young [[Wikipedia:Pythagoras|Pythagoras]] sitting cross-legged on a Samian beach with his new [[Wikipedia:lyre|lyre]]. With the index finger of one hand he gently touches the midpoint of a string, while carefully plucking it with the thumbnail of his other hand. Does this have anything to do with atomic physics? The English '''[[School:Chemistry|chemist]]''', [[Wikipedia:John Newlands|John Newlands]] might have thought so.
:'''''Think:''''' ''The term '''[[Wiktionary:octave|octave]]''' is used in both Music and Physics. ''See [[Wikipedia:Periodic table|Periodic table]], [[Wikipedia:Electron shell|Electron shell]], [[Wikipedia:Musical acoustics|Musical acoustics]]''
::Why was Newlands, who noticed in 1865 that the elements of similar type recurred at intervals of eight, ridiculed by his contemporaries for his "law of octaves"?
:::<small>''Hint: see [[Wikipedia:Pathological science|Pathological science]]''</small>