Atom in a Box
By Dauger Research, Inc.
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Description
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Atom in a Box is an aid for visualizing the Hydrogenic atomic orbitals, the three-dimensional states that the electron occupies in Hydrogen, a prime and otherwise unwieldy example of Quantum Mechanics. It interactively shows what the Hydrogen atom "looks" like. Unique among visualizations of Quantum Mechanics, it uses highly optimized code to perform 3D volumetric raytracing through the electron wavefunction's probability density and presents its results in real-time. It animates and mathematically describes all 140 eigenstates up to the n=7 energy level. The app links to an online FAQ, and the atom rotates with multitouch and the accelerometer. The bottom line is: Explore! The user are meant to explore all aspects of the atom, what it is and what it can do.
What's New in Version 1.0.6
Updated for compatibility with iOS 4.2
Rotates the orbital with two-finger touches
Optimized for recent iOS devices, yielding up to 25% frame rate improvement
Fixed a minor bug when reactivating sound
iPhone Screenshots
Customer Reviews
Physics is Gorgeous!
This application awes any viewer with its beautifully rendered imagery, elegantly capturing how the quantum mechanical universe is symmetrical and unquestionably pleasing to our aesthetic natures.
The equations show the intellectual depth and inspiration that moulded these ideas, from Bohr, Heisenberg, Bohm, Pauli, Dirac, Feynman, Schrödinger, Fermi, Einstein, Yukawa, Rutherford, Landau, Klein, Gordon, and the many other countless names that have contributed to quantum mechanics / quantum field theory, a triumph of humanity's tireless efforts to comprehend nature's music.
Regardless of your experience with Lagrangians, wavefunctions, eigenvalues, and the many mathematical structures that illuminates the ideas of quantum mechanics, this application will enhance a student's imagination and very probably inspire curiosity to continue learning the physics behind these dynamic images.
Beautiful physics visualization!
This app takes the desktop version and brings it to iPhone, and it's just as spectacular! If you teach physics or chemistry, you NEED this app!
Crashes!!!
Crashes on my iphone4. No response from developer. Boooooo!!
- $3.99
- Category: Education
- Updated: Mar 28, 2011
- Version: 1.0.6
- Size: 0.5 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Dauger Research, Inc.
- © 2008-11 Dauger Research, Inc.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.2 or later.
