Intro to Quantum Mechanics

We will now embark on a whistle-stop tour of the major ways quantum ideas are being utilized to enhance our lives or develop new and exciting technologies that push the boundary of what’s possible.

In 1927, German physicist Werner Heisenberg was able to show that a ‘fundamental limit’ exists for the precision with which you can measure the position and momentum of a quantum particle.

Before quantum mechanics, things were a whole lot simpler.

In the same way we have refined our understanding of light over the years, scientists have embarked on a similar journey with the nature of matter and the atoms that comprise it.

Maxwell’s theory predicted the existence of electromagnetic waves, stating that light itself was one such wave.

By the turn of the twentieth century, scientists were pleased with themselves.