The History of Teaching Quantum Mechanics in Greece |
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| Authors: | Constantin Tampakis Constantin Skordoulis |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Primary Education, Athens Science and Education Laboratory, University of Athens, Venezouelas 38, Ano Glyfada, Athens, 16674, Greece |
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| Abstract: | In this work, our goal is to examine the attitude of the Greek scientific community towards Quantum Mechanics and establish
the history of teaching of this theory in Greece. We have examined Physics textbooks written by professors of the University
of Athens, as well as records of public speeches, university yearbooks from 1923 to 1970, articles in popular scientific magazines,
political and philosophical publications and lemmas of encyclopedias that were influencing the public at the time.
Our research shows that Quantum Mechanics in Greece was involved in the debate between the political left and right and the
church organizations of the period, leading to an extremely idealistic misinterpretation of the theory. As a result, Quantum
Mechanics was late to establish itself in Greece, with the first structured and autonomous course on Quantum Mechanics appearing
as late as 1962. |
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| Keywords: | Greece history of science teaching Quantum mechanics reception |
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