Quantum Physics: The Rules of the Very Small
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Key ideas in Quantum Physics: The Rules of the Very Small
- Electrons can act like waves that 'leak' through barriers
- Normal light is a chaotic mix
- Quantum tunneling allows electrons to move into storage cells
- Quantum mechanics allows synchronized light
- Teleportation is the only way to pack billions of cells
- Synchronization keeps laser beams narrow
- How quantum tunneling allows data storage in flash memory
- The necessity of quantum synchronization for laser light
- Atoms have a quantum property called 'spin' that makes them magnetic
- Atoms vibrate at a perfectly predictable frequency defined by quantum laws
- An MRI uses magnets to manipulate the direction of these spins
- GPS satellites must be accurate to a billionth of a second to calculate distance
- The role of atomic spin and magnets in MRI imaging
- The way atoms snap back into place reveals the type of tissue they are in
- Even a tiny timing error would put your GPS location miles off-course
- The sequence of events that allows GPS to calculate location using quantum timing
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Where Quantum Physics: The Rules of the Very Small takes you
Explore the strange and beautiful world of the subatomic. From particles that exist in two places at once to the technology in your pocket, discover how the universe works when nobody is looking.
- 1
The Quantum World in Your Pocket
- Quantum Tech You Already Use
- The End of the Clockwork Universe
- 2
The Wave-Particle Mystery
- Light as a Stream of Particles
- Matter as a Traveling Wave
- The Wavefunction
- 3
The Rules of the Micro-World
- Quantization and Energy Levels
- The Uncertainty Principle
- Quantum Spin
- 4
Interaction and Connection
- Superposition
- Entanglement
- The Measurement Problem
- 5
The Math of the Small
- Visualizing Quantum Math
- Operators and Observables
- The Schrödinger Equation
- 6
Atoms and Chemistry
- The Stability of Matter
- The Quantum Periodic Table
- Quantum Tunneling
- 7
Advanced Frontiers
- Quantum Computing
- Macro-Quantum Effects
- Quantum Field Theory
- 8
Interpretations and Philosophy
- The Copenhagen Interpretation
- Many Worlds and Other Realities
- The Future of Quantum Physics
8 sections · 23 units · 91 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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