Quantum mechanics is by far and away the most accurate and successful theory that has ever been devised. It’s also the most bizarre. This week, Big Science continues to explore how the particle theory of light built to describe the light emitted by hot things leads to the weird world of quantum.
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Everything is Waves, Part Two
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Everything is Waves, Part One
Quantum mechanics is by far and away the most accurate and successful theory that has ever been devised. It’s also the most bizarre. This week, Big Science explores how the particle theory of light built to describe the light emitted by hot things leads to a wave theory of particles.
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Tagged Anna Armstrong, Big Science, Bohr, Ed Gerstner, Einstein, Heisenberg, physics, Planck, quantum mechanics, Resonance FM, Schroedinger, science
