The Strange Logic of Quantum Physics
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Key ideas in The Strange Logic of Quantum Physics
- Energy is not a smooth fluid but is composed of distinct units
- The smallest possible unit of energy is called a quantum
- You cannot have a 'half-packet' of energy
- The fundamental discrete nature of energy transfer
- Atomic systems exist in specific, fixed levels
- Nature at the small scale skips over the 'in-between' values
- The 'smoothness' we see in the big world is an illusion of scale
- The difference between classical 'smooth' physics and quantum 'stepped' physics
- Light shows wave-like interference patterns
- Light strikes surfaces as individual concentrated packets called photons
- The method of measurement determines which 'personality' light displays
- Particles do not travel through the physical space between orbits
- The change in position or state is instantaneous
- There is no 'mid-point' where the particle exists during the jump
- The dual nature of light based on observation
- The non-continuous movement of particles during state changes
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 The Strange Logic of Quantum Physics 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 is the specific name for the smallest individual unit of energy?
Get it right to open this lesson and 7 more in the app.
Where The Strange Logic of Quantum Physics takes you
Discover the counter-intuitive rules that govern the very small, where particles can be in two places at once and reality changes just because you looked at it.
- 1
The Rules of the Very Small
- The End of Smoothness
- The Multi-Tasking Particle
- 2
Connections and Consequences
- The Spooky Link
- The Mystery of the Observer
2 sections · 4 units · 8 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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