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Quantum Mechanics
Physics of the subatomic world — uncertainty, wave-particle duality and quantum entanglement
Germany 🌍 1925 Physics
Key Facts
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Planck (1900) and Einstein (1905) showed energy is quantised in packets called photons/quanta
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Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: you cannot simultaneously know both the position and momentum of a particle
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Schrödinger's wave equation describes the probability of finding a particle; superposition and entanglement are key principles
🔬 Did you know? "God does not play dice" — Einstein's objection to quantum randomness; Bohr replied "Stop telling God what to do"
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Physics
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🌍 Germany
Year / Era
1925
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Physics of the subatomic world — uncertainty, wave-particle duality and quantum entanglement