Quantum Physics for the Curious
Like Duolingo, but for Quantum Physics for the Curious. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android
Key ideas in Quantum Physics for the Curious
- Electrons must jump across a 'band gap' to move
- Classical physics cannot explain semiconductor behavior
- Adding energy allows electrons to reach the conduction band
- Miniaturization relies on wave-particle duality
- How a transistor uses energy gaps to switch states
- Why 19th-century physics is insufficient for modern chips
- Flash memory relies on 'tunneling' where electrons pass through barriers
- The size of the energy gap determines conductivity
- Tunneling is a wave-like behavior impossible for classical particles
- The consequence of electrons losing wave-like properties in memory
- Semiconductors are unique because their 'gap' is bridgeable
- How semiconductors 'choose' to conduct based on energy states
- Electrons leak through barriers via tunneling
- Photons strike the sensor and kick electrons
- Flash memory relies on tunneling
- The quantum limit in chip size
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Quantum Physics for the Curious the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
What must an electron do before it can move freely through a semiconductor switch?
Get it right to open this lesson and 174 more in the app.
Where Quantum Physics for the Curious takes you
Ever wonder how a particle can be in two places at once? Skip the scary math and dive straight into the weird, wonderful reality of the subatomic world.
- 1
Seeing the Weirdness in Real Life
- How your phone uses quantum magic
- Why the sun doesn't burn out instantly
- The mystery of the glowing toaster wire
- Lasers: Light that marches in step
- 2
The Rules of the Tiny World
- Energy comes in little chunks
- Is it a wave or a pebble?
- The famous experiment with two slits
- How looking at things changes them
- Probability: The cosmic dice roll
- 3
Being in Two Places at Once
- The logic of superposition
- Schrödinger’s cat explained
- How atoms stay 'blurry' until checked
- 4
Spooky Connections Across Space
- Entanglement: The ultimate buddy system
- Faster than light? The big debate
- Einstein’s 'spooky action' headache
- Teleporting information, not people
- Bell’s test: Proving the weirdness is real
- Quantum encryption and unhackable codes
- 5
The Building Blocks of Everything
- The atom’s true shape (it’s not a solar system)
- Electrons and their favorite shells
- Spin: The property that isn't actually spinning
- The exclusion principle: Why you don't fall through the floor
- 6
The Future of Computing
- Bits vs. Qubits
- How quantum computers solve the impossible
- The race for absolute zero
- Will quantum computers break the internet?
- Simulating nature with nature
- 7
Deep Theory and Big Ideas
- The Uncertainty Principle: Nature’s speed limit
- Tunneling: Walking through walls
- The Many Worlds theory
- 8
The History of the Revolution
- The disaster that started it all
- Planck and the first 'Quanta'
- The Solvay Conference: A battle of brains
- Bohr vs. Einstein: The great debate
- The Standard Model: The map of everything
8 sections · 35 units · 175 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Quantum Physics for the Curious is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
More Science on Tomo
Dragon Anatomy: Beyond the Basics
Move past simple myths to understand how a dragon's body actually functions. Explore the mechanics of flight, the chemistry of fire-breathing, and the specialized armor that protects these legendary beasts.
The Sky-Shield Experiment
Explore the controversial science of spraying particles into the sky to cool the planet. Learn which materials are being tested, how they reflect sunlight, and what happens when they eventually fall back to Earth.
Quantum Physics in Your Pocket
Move beyond the mystery and see how quantum mechanics powers your everyday life. Discover how particles behaving like waves make your smartphone, medical scans, and future computers possible.
Build Things That Don't Break
Ever wonder why skyscrapers don't topple or how bridges carry thousands of cars? Learn to think like an engineer by mastering the hidden forces that hold our world together.
The Weird World of Quantum Physics
Ever wonder how things can be in two places at once? Discover the strange rules that run our universe and how they power the gadgets you use every day.
CERN and the Mystery of the Mandela Effect
Explore the mind-bending theories connecting the world's largest particle collider to shifts in our collective memory. Discover how scientists hunt for hidden dimensions and why some believe our reality has already branched off.
Start Quantum Physics for the Curious today.
Download Tomo, search Quantum Physics for the Curious, and play your first lesson in under a minute.