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YOUR WAY THROUGH QUANTUM MECHANICS

ByRITESH AGARWAL

For thousands of years, humans relied on their intuition to understand how the world works. Sure, the approach may have led to a few mistakes along the way -- it turns out the Earth isn't flat, for instance -- but ultimately it worked fairly well. Slowly but surely, humanity gained an understanding of everything from the laws of motion to thermodynamics, and all of it made intuitive sense. And then came quantum mechanics, the absolutely baffling branch of physics exploring the very smallest types of matter. The study of quantum mechanics led to some truly astounding conclusions. For instance, scientists found that electrons behave both as waves and as particles, and the mere act of observing them changes the way they behave. Revelations like this one simply defied logic, prompting Einstein to declare "the more success the quantum theory has, the sillier it looks."

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Publication Date
Aug 14, 2012
Language
English
ISBN
9781365492655
Category
Education & Language
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
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By (author): RITESH AGARWAL

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PDF

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