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.
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Key ideas in Quantum Physics for the Curious
- Modern transistors perform the same basic switching job that bulky vacuum tubes once did
- In a semiconductor, what exactly is a 'band gap'?
- To turn a semiconductor 'on,' we must provide enough energy to push electrons across the gap
- Quantum mechanics is the reason your phone can fit billions of switches on a single chip
- The size of the energy gap determines how easily a material conducts electricity
- Digital 'on/off' states require the controllable flow found in semiconductors
- How energy gaps determine if a material can be used as a digital switch
- Mapping material behavior to its digital function based on electron movement
- The relationship between quantum mechanics and the miniaturization of electronics
- Protons have a positive charge that repels other protons
- Gravity provides the pressure and heat for the core
- Quantum tunneling allows particles to 'leak' through energy barriers they cannot climb over
- Without tunneling, much higher temperatures/pressures are required for protons to touch
- The Coulomb barrier is the repulsive force between like charges
- How quantum tunneling allows fusion at lower temperatures
- Fusion is the payoff when the barrier is bypassed
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.
In the world of semiconductors, what does the term 'band gap' describe?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
Where Quantum Physics for the Curious takes you
Ever wonder how a particle can be in two places at once? Discover the strange rules of the tiny world and how they power the technology in your pocket.
- 1
Spotting Quantum Magic in Real Life
- How Your Phone Uses Tiny Particles
- Why the Sun Doesn't Burn Out
- The Secret Behind Toaster Glow
- Lasers: Light That Marches in Step
- 2
Thinking Like a Quantum Scientist
- The Rule of Being Everywhere at Once
- Why Looking Changes the Result
- The Mystery of Spooky Connections
- Schrödinger's Famous Cat Story
- Tunneling Through Solid Walls
- The Limit of What We Can Know
- 3
The Hidden Machinery of the Universe
- Light: Wave or Particle?
- Energy Comes in Little Packets
- The Building Blocks of Atoms
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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