Particles and waves: The central mystery of quantum mechanics - Chad Orzel
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/particles-and-waves-the-central-mystery-of-quantum-mechanics-chad-orzel One of the most amazing facts in physics is that everything in the universe,...
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One of the most amazing facts in physics is this: everything in the universe, from light to electrons to atoms, behaves like both a particle and a wave at the same time. All of the other weird stuff you might have heard about quantum physics, Schrodinger's Cat, God playing dice, spooky action at a distance, all of it follows directly from the fact that everything has both particle and wave nature. This might sound crazy. If you look around, you'll see waves in water and particles of rock, and they're nothing alike. So why would you think to combine them? Physicists didn't just decide to mash these things together out of no where. Rather, they were led to the dual nature of the universe through a process of small steps, fitting toge...
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One of the most amazing facts in physics is this: everything in the universe, from light to electrons to atoms, behaves like both a particle and a wave at the same time. All of the other weird stuff you might have heard about quantum physics, Schrodinger's Cat, God playing dice, spooky action at a distance, all of it follows directly from the fact that everything has both particle and wave nature. This might sound crazy. If you look around, you'll see waves in water and particles of rock, and they're nothing alike. So why would you think to combine them? Physicists didn't just decide to mash these things together out of no where. Rather, they were led to the dual nature of the universe through a process of small steps, fitting toge...
