"10 Myths About The Quantum Universe" Topic
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Tango01 | 29 Jun 2020 2:59 p.m. PST |
"For centuries, the laws of physics seemed completely deterministic. If you knew where every particle was, how fast it was moving, and what the forces were between them at any one instant, you could know exactly where they'd be and what they'd be doing at any point in the future. From Newton to Maxwell, the rules that governed the Universe had no built-in, inherent uncertainty to them in any form. Your only limits arose from your limited knowledge, measurements, and calculational power. All of that changed a little over 100 years ago. From radioactivity to the photoelectric effect to the behavior of light when you passed it through a double slit, we began realizing that under many circumstances, we could only predict the probability that various outcomes would arise as a consequence of the quantum nature of our Universe. But along with this new, counterintuitive picture of reality, many myths and misconceptions have arisen. Here's the true science behind 10 of them…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
rjones69 | 30 Jun 2020 4:32 a.m. PST |
Thanks Tango! An excellent and fun discussion of quantum mechanics. Here's an interesting follow-up to the link's discussion of Myth 3 – Faster-than-light communication through quantum entanglement: link |
Tango01 | 30 Jun 2020 9:26 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami! (smile) And thanks you too!… Amicalement Armand |
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