Quantum Physics: The Rules of Reality
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Key ideas in Quantum Physics: The Rules of Reality
- Transistors act as tiny switches that control the flow of electricity
- Quantum dots are tiny crystals that glow when hit with light
- At the microscopic scale of a computer chip, electrons follow quantum rules rather than classical ones
- The color emitted is determined by how much space the electrons have to move
- Billions of these quantum switches are needed to process digital information
- Smaller spaces force electrons into higher energy states, creating bluer light
- The relationship between quantum dot size and light color
- The role of quantum mechanics in modern computing hardware
- Quantum tunneling allows particles to appear on the other side of a barrier without going over it
- Flash memory uses this 'teleportation' effect to trap electrons and store data
- Without tunneling, the electrical barriers in chips would be impassable
- Light hits the sensor as individual particles called photons
- Each photon knocks an electron loose from the sensor material
- The loose electrons are collected as an electrical signal to form an image
- How flash memory bypasses physical barriers
- The sequence of the photoelectric effect in digital imaging
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What happens to a quantum dot when it is hit with light?
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Where Quantum Physics: The Rules of Reality takes you
Discover the strange and beautiful laws that govern the subatomic world, from particles that exist in two places at once to the quantum secrets inside your smartphone.
- 1
The Quantum World Around You
- Quantum Effects in Your Pocket
- Why the Sun Shines
- 2
The Nature of Light and Matter
- Light as a Stream of Particles
- Matter as a Moving Wave
- The Double Slit Mystery
- 3
The Rules of the Very Small
- The Meaning of Quantization
- The Uncertainty Principle
- 4
Superposition and Probability
- Living in Multiple States
- Schrödinger’s Famous Cat
- 5
Entanglement and Connections
- Spooky Action at a Distance
- Bell’s Theorem and Reality
- 6
The Act of Looking
- The Measurement Problem
- Many Worlds and Interpretations
- 7
Quantum Engineering
- How Lasers Work
- The Transistor and Silicon
- MRI and Atomic Spin
- 8
Building the Atom
- The Quantum Ladder
- Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor
- Inside the Nucleus
- 9
The Quantum Future
- Quantum Computing 101
- Quantum Sensors and Gravity
- The Quest for the Theory of Everything
9 sections · 22 units · 86 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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