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