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Quantum Physics
In this entry you will find information about what quantum physics is. Start from the section that feels easier or closer to you (play, discover, or learn), and then explore the others to see how your understanding shifts and expands!
“Quantum mechanics is very much more than just a theory, it’s a completely new way of looking at the world involving a change in paradigm perhaps more radical than any other in the history of human thought.”
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Anthony Leggett
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Particle in a box is a videogame exploring the very first differences between classical physics and quantum physics. By playing it you will first experience how a classical particle behaves, and then jump through the quantum hole to arrive to the quantum world. There, you will become familiar with concepts such as quantisation of energy, the wave-function, and the probabilistic nature of Quantum Mechanics when measurement or observations of microscopic particles, like electrons, take place.
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Aditya Anupam (Georgia Tech)
Advisors/Collaborators: Dr. Nassim Parvin (Georgia Tech), Professor Azad Naeemi (Georgia Tech)
Contacts: aanupam3@gatech.edu
http://learnqm.gatech.edu/
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Quantum Physics (QP) carries the reputation of being a notoriously difficult subject. Maybe it will surprise you, but the main reason is not its mathematical language, which mostly involves linear algebra; the greater difficulties may be rather attributed to the fact that QP forces us to abandon many of our assumptions and preconceptions of how reality is like — or, perhaps, how we would like it to be like —, making it highly counterintuitive and, at times, uncomfortable.
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In this link you’ll find a summary of the postulates or axioms on which Quantum Physics is based. These are statements or propositions from which the whole structure of quantum theory stems. Many researchers are still trying to understand whether these are really the minimal set of axioms, or if some of them are not fundamental and can be derived from others.
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