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Could Time Be an Illusion?
SUMMARY What if time is not real, but an illusion? Isaac Newton believed time was absolute and ticked at the same rate for everyone, everywhere. But Albert Einstein shattered that view with the theory of relativity. He showed that time...
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How the First Atom Formed After the Big Bang
Summary: Where did the first atom come from? The short answer is the big bang. In the early universe there was an immense amount of energy, The energy condensed, atoms formed. But there's a lot more that happened, which will be explained...
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Are Photons and Electrons Particles or Waves? Understanding Duality
Summary: By the end of 1905, we had two big new equations in physics. Max Planck’s, Energy equals Planck’s constant times the frequency, and Einstein’s Energy equals the mass times the speed of light squared. A young physicist, Louis...
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How the Delayed Choice Quantum Eraser Works
The original paper by the authors who first performed the Delayed Choice Quantum Eraser implied retro causality. But retro causality is true only if you assume a classical way of thinking. But that's not the way quantum mechanics works.
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Anti-Gravity: the Force that's Tearing Space Apart
SUMMARY What if gravity repelled instead of attracted? Repulsive gravity may have shaped the entire history of our universe. For centuries gravity was defined by Isaac Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation which said, “every object in...
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A Conceptual Overview of Physics: Essential Principles to Remember
Five areas of physics worth remembering: Classical mechanics, energy and thermodynamics, electromagnetism, Relativity, and Quantum Mechanics. Classical mechanics - two main concepts worth knowing. The first is Newton’s second law: F= ma:...
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A Visual Guide to Fundamental Forces and Particles
Summary: Everything you can see is made of up of the same fundamental particles. The best theory of fundamental particles and forces is the Standard model of particle physics. It’s really a collection of quantum field theories describing...
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Quantum Theory, Parallel Universes, and Quantum Immortality
Parallel universes are not a theory, but deductions from the "Many Worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics. And there is at least on other theory that predicts not alternate universes but parallel universes where the universes are...
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Is Quantum Tunneling Essential to Life and the Universe?
What is this mysterious quantum tunneling effect, where does it come from? And why is it one of the most important phenomena in physics? Quantum mechanics shows that quantum objects have a wave-particle duality. What we think of as an...
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How Does Smell Work? Investigating the Quantum Connection
How Does our Olfactory system work? How do we Smell? It turns out that quantum mechanics plays a big role. What you may not realize is that inside your nose rests a very sensitive quantum device that uses complex physics to give you the...
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An Impossible Information Paradox in Black Holes Seems to Break Physics
SUMMARY In 1976, Stephen Hawing proposed that Black Holes, do something impossible according to the laws of quantum mechanics. They destroy information. This is a paradox because information should be conserved in the universe. If it is...
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Quantum Entanglement Explained: How It Really Works
Summary: Albert Einstein described Entanglement as “spooky action at a distance,” where doing something to one of a But it's not spooky action at a distance, at all. So what is entanglement? Electrons have a quantum property called spin...
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Principal Quantum Number: The Key to Electron Shells
The principal quantum number (𝑛) is a fundamental parameter in quantum mechanics that determines the size and energy level of an electron's orbit within an atom. It is a positive integer that represents the main energy level or shell in...
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Negative Energy: Understanding Hydrogen's Electron
In a hydrogen atom, the electron is bound to the nucleus, so its energy is negative. This shows that it is in a bound state. When there is negative energy, it means that the electron is stable. It is inside the atom because its negative...
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Planck's Theory: The Birth of Quantum Mechanics
Max Planck's theory was proposed by Max Planck in 1900 revolutionized the field of physics by introducing quantum mechanics and fundamentally reshaping our comprehension of the subject. Planck conducted research on black body radiation,...
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Drawbacks of Rutherford's Theory
Rutherford's Nuclear Model: Limitations and Developments • Stability of Electrons in Orbit: The model failed to account for the continuous emission of electromagnetic radiation, indicating a flaw in the model. • Inability to Explain...
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Heisenberg's Uncertainty principle : The Limits of Precision
Werner Heisenberg proposed Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle in 1927, which states that measuring a particle's momentum and position at the same time with accuracy is not possible. One can know a property less precisely the more...
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Heisenberg's Thought Experiment: Exploring Uncertainty
The Uncertainty Principle is demonstrated by Heisenberg's thought experiment, which demonstrates that increasing uncertainty in a particle's momentum results from precisely measuring its position, such as through a narrow slit, and vice...
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De Broglie's Equation: Wave-Particle Duality
De Broglie's equation, formulated by Louis de Broglie in 1924, introduces the concept of wave-particle duality, suggesting that all matter exhibits both wave-like and particle-like properties. The equation is expressed as λ=h/p; λ is...
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Limitations of Bohr's Theory
Niels Bohr's Atomic Model Limitations • Primarily applied to hydrogen, not accounting for complexities of multi-electron atoms. • Oversimplified concept of fixed, circular orbits for electrons. • Failed to account for fine structure of...
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Was Our Universe Designed for Life?
Was the Universe Designed? Exploring the effect Dark Energy has on our Universe.
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Why Does Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle Happen?
In part two of our series on Theory of Everything, we explain particle physics using string theory.
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Quantum Physics: Here’s Why Movies Always Get It Wrong
Quantum physics deals with the foundation of our world – the electrons in an atom, the protons inside the nucleus, the quarks that build those protons, and the photons that we perceive as light. These constitute everything that we are...