Saturday, December 16, 2006

Quantum Physics Cartoon: Double Slit Experiment

Here's an extremely well done animation explaining why quantum physics is so baffling to so many. (Especially to me!) The science and quality of this cartoon are both superb!

In physics, wave-particle duality holds that light and matter can exhibit properties of both waves and of particles. It is a central concept of quantum physics.

Through the work of Albert Einstein, Louis de Broglie and many others, it is now established that small objects, such as atoms, have both wave and particle nature, and that quantum mechanics provides the over-arching theory resolving this apparent paradox.

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