PHIL 251 Modern Physics and Moral Responsibility, Spring 2005
Don Howard
University of Notre Dame

Course Materials Other links

Syllabus for Spring 2005

How to Keep a Good Journal

First Discussion Paper (due Tuesday, February 1, 2005)

Second Discussion Paper (due Friday, March 4,2005)

Third Discussion Paper (due Friday, April 1, 2005)

Fourth Discussion Paper (due Monday, May 2, 2005)

Philosophy Department Guidelines Regarding Plagiarism

Special Relativity (Helpful presentation of Lorentz transformations, length contraction, time dilation, etc.)

Course packet for Physics 205
(Courtesy of Professor Michael Wiescher)

Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist --
Supplementary Slides

On Oppenheimer Bibliography

Copenhagen, the Play

Immanuel Kant, "What Is Enlightenment?" (1784)

Immanuel Kant, "Was ist Aufklärung?" (1784)

Lectures by and about Hans Bethe

Supplementary video on Bethe

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Pugwash Online

atomicarchive.com

Nuclearfiles.org

Oppenheimer: A Life

The Nuclear Weapon Archive

Academic Info
World War II - The Atomic Bomb

Radiochemistry Society

Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association, Inc.

National Cancer Institute -- Estimated Exposures and Thyoid Doses from Nevada Atomospheric Testing

Thyroid Dose/Risk Calculator -- Atmostpheric Fallout

Cold War -- Hot Nukes

Johnston's Archive -- Nuclear Weapons

Catholic Update -- "What is 'Just War' Today?"

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops -- "The Harvest of Justice is Sown in Peace"

Modeling Fusion Containment

Chernobyl -- Some Basic Facts