What is quantum physics?
Quantum mechanics 101: Demystifying tough physics in 4 easy lessons (TEDed)Quantum physics for 7 year olds: Dominic Walliman TED talk (YouTube)6 things everyone should know about quantum physics (Forbes)What is quantum mechanics good for? (Scientific American)What has quantum mechanics ever done for us? (Forbes)Quantum mechanics (Wikipedia)The map of physics: Dominic Walliman animation (YouTube)Classical mechanics vs quantum mechanics (Cambridge University Press)Newton's laws of motion, the foundation of classical mechanics, break down at the very small scales addressed by quantum mechanics & at the very high speeds addressed by relativistic mechanics (livescience)Kepler's laws of planetary motion...apparently he didn't even have a telescope to figure them out! (HyperPhysics)"Kepler’s laws apply not only to gravitational but also to all other inverse-square-law forces &, if due allowance is made for relativistic & quantum effects, to the electromagnetic forces within the atom" (Encyclopaedia Britannica)What is black body radiation? "Radiation modes in a hot cavity provide a test for quantum theory" (HyperPhysics)Quantum theory timeline (Particle Physics Timeline)Max Planck solves the black body radiation problem (Fermilab)What is a photon? (Wikipedia)The wave-particle duality of light & elementary particles...mental (HyperPhysics)Explainer: What is wave-particle duality? (The Conversation)Richard Feynman on understanding quantum mechanics (YouTube)Neils Bohr: "Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it" (Wikiquote)Richard Feynman: "If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics" (Wikiquote)The observer effect: When you look at something, you change it (Wikipedia)Schrödinger's cat explained (YouTube)What superposition? (Phys.org)Quantum decoherence (Wikipedia)What is decoherence? (Drexel University)What is the multiverse? (Wikipedia)The theory of parallel universes is not just maths - it is science that can be tested (The Conversation)What the hell is spin? (io9)Do quantum effects make our choices our own? (Storify)'Quarantine' by Greg Egan was the book Johnny was thinking about, not 'Diaspora' (which is also excellent)The basics of MRI: Electron spin is involved (Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science)Debating that if we didn't understand quantum mechanics we wouldn't have computers (Physics Stack Exchange)How does a computer chip work? (SciTech, CERN)Making silicon chips (Intel)What is a transistor? (Wikipedia)What is quantum tunnelling? (Wikipedia)The tunnelling transistor (IEEE Spectrum)The 5 nm node in transistors was once thought to be the end of Moore's law - "transistors smaller than 7 nm will experience quantum tunnelling through their logic gates" (Wikipedia)What is Moore's law? (Wikipedia)IBM beat Intel & currently have the world's smallest transistor at 7 nm (The Verge)The best thing about IBM’s super chip? It’s not from Intel (Wired)The world's smallest transistor is 1nm long, physics be damned (The Verge)What is Heisenberg's uncertainty principle? (The Guardian)The uncertainty principle (HyperPhysics)Walter White from Breaking Bad named himself after Heisenberg (Wikipedia)The one-electron universe theory (Wikipedia)Quantum quackery (The Committee for Skeptical Enquiry)The 5 most misguided uses of the word 'quantum' in ads (Cracked)The Quantum Leap TV show (IMDb) "The laser would never have been developed without a profound understanding of an area of fundamental physics - quantum theory" (Institute of Physics)The Pauli exclusion principle (HyperPhysics)Entanglement made simple (Quanta Magazine)What is quantum cryptography? (Wikipedia)Google moves closer to a universal quantum computer (Scientific American)Where are you from? Send us a postcard! Strange Attractor, c/ PO Box 9, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, AustraliaCorrections
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