Great work Jason! Regarding color blindness, there are some palettes to deal with this. I have a color blind colleague, and they seem to work well with him. For example:
http://www.mollietaylor.com/2012/10/color-blindness-and-palette-choice.html I also use the color blind friendly palette when working with R: http://www.cookbook-r.com/Graphs/Colors_(ggplot2)/ Bruno, can you confirm if this would work for you? Telmo. On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote: > Thanks for the good work Jason. > > Hmm... I do have a critics, which is minor or major: I don't see any > difference between the beam and the attenuated beam on my screen. > In fact I would avoid color, or I would still use any trick so that even on > a bad black and white screen we can clearly see the differences. Some people > (like me) don't see well colors. I would have been born once year later, and > I would never understood anything in math, as the "modern math" reform has > been done in between and it promoted the use of color on the black board, > and I would have unable to understand anything. Many people don't see well > colors, and are usually even unaware of the fact. Colors are OK, but it > helps the color blinded a lot, when the distinction is also clear and > symbolical. > > I might come with more conceptual and/or pedagogical critics when I have > more time. > > Best, > > Bruno > > > On 15 Nov 2013, at 08:00, Jason Resch wrote: > > Telmo, Bruno, > > I've incorporated your suggestions into an updated document. Thank you. > > To all: feel free to use these however you find appropriate. > > Jason > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 1:47 AM, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote: >> >> >> On 10 Nov 2013, at 18:36, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> Telmo, >> >> Thank you very much for that feedback; those are all good points and I >> will incorporate it into a new and improved version. >> >> Do you think it would be clearer if instead of a block of wood I used a >> very small (but light absorbing object), like a dust mote, or a single atom, >> etc. (something that more intuitively could be moved by light?) >> >> Perhaps I could built up with multiple levels, first the light hits an >> electron, which puts it into two states, and gives it two momentums, then >> the electron hits a phosphorescent screen, which puts it into multiple >> states of illumination, and then the person looking at the screeen is >> finally put into two states? >> >> >> >> That would be nice I think. >> >> One more remark, you seem to avoid formula, at all cost, including "a(b+c) >> = ab+ ac". Of course I am a mathematician, and formula help them. I know >> some non mathematicians (and publishers) run away from any presence of >> formula, but it seems some simple one sum up so well what happend (cf one of >> Albert explanation of the interferometer ..). >> >> Anyway, noce work!, >> >> Bruno >> >> >> >> >> Jason >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Telmo Menezes <te...@telmomenezes.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Jason, nice work! >>> >>> A few comments: >>> >>> - It's not obvious what's going on when the block of wood turns into >>> two. Even expecting the multiple outcomes, one does not intuitively >>> expect a beam of light to move a block of wood. I don't mind the >>> exaggeration but I suggest you make it explicit in the text and >>> indicate displacement in the figure somehow; >>> >>> - Numbering figures would be a great improvement; >>> >>> - You should sign your work! >>> >>> Best, >>> Telmo. >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Jason Resch <jasonre...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > All, >>> > >>> > I've put together a primer on QM, as I think in the process of >>> > explaining >>> > something in simple terms can help improve one's understanding of a >>> > given >>> > subject. I thought I would share it with this list in case it might >>> > help >>> > anyone else. 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