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Understanding the Quantum World

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Overview

<p><span>Open your mind and broaden your scientific horizons as you discover the quantum world is more accessible than you ever imagined.</span></p>

Syllabus

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  • 01: Particle-Wave Duality
  • 02: Particles, Waves, and Interference Patterns
  • 03: Observers Disturb What They Measure
  • 04: Bell’s Theorem and Schrödinger’s Cat
  • 05: Quantum Paradoxes and Interpretations
  • 06: The Position-Momentum Uncertainty Relation
  • 07: Wave Quantization
  • 08: Quantum Wave Shapes and the Periodic Table
  • 09: Interference of Waves and Sloshing States
  • 10: Wave Shapes in Diamond and Graphene
  • 11: Harmonic Oscillators
  • 12: The Energy-Time Uncertainty Relation
  • 13: Quantum Angular Momentum and Electron Spin
  • 14: Quantum Orbital Angular Momentum
  • 15: Quantum Properties of Light
  • 16: Atomic Transitions and Photons
  • 17: Atomic Clocks and GPS
  • 18: Quantum Mechanics and Color Vision
  • 19: A Quantum Explanation of Color
  • 20: Quantum Tunneling
  • 21: Fermions and Bosons
  • 22: Spin Singlets, Entanglement, and the EPR Paradox
  • 23: Quantum Mechanics and Metals
  • 24: Superconductivity

Taught by

Erica W. Carlson

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