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swimstereo The Birth of the Quantum
He proved that energy is sent in tiny packs, And put the physics world on brand new tracks.
swimstereo Shining light through two tiny slits revealed that particles can act like waves on water.
Fun Fact
Planck's constant: Max Planck's constant, which defines the scale of the quantum world, is so incredibly tiny that it starts with thirty-three decimal zeros.
swimstereo Albert Einstein proved that light is made of tiny bullets of energy, winning him his only Nobel Prize.
Glossary
quantum (noun)
The smallest discrete quantity of some physical property, such as energy or electromagnetic radiation. Max Planck introduced the concept in 1900 to explain the energy emitted during blackbody radiation.
The smallest discrete quantity of some physical property, such as energy or electromagnetic radiation. Max Planck introduced the concept in 1900 to explain the energy emitted during blackbody radiation.
Quiz
Before quantum theory, what did classical physics predict about glowing hot objects?
Gossip
Which physics concept sounds the most like science fiction?
BETA
swimstereo Pop the shifting energy bubbles to learn how quantum particles jump between states.
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What is the phenomenon where light behaves as both a wave and a particle?
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In the famous double-slit experiment, what pattern do electrons form on the detector?
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For which discovery did Albert Einstein win his 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics?
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Who coined the term 'quanta' in 1900 to describe packets of energy?
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What is a single packet or particle of light energy called?
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Which Danish physicist proposed that electrons jump between fixed orbits in an atom?
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What is the name of the mathematical value that sets the scale of quantum mechanics?
swimstereo There’s actually a word for a government run by the least qualified people.
swimstereo Track how a word from 1644 for terrible leaders became a viral sensation.
swimstereo See how rising Christian nationalism sparks fierce battles over religion in public schools.
swimstereo Why are new state laws sparking fierce battles over religion in public classrooms?
swimstereo Discover how beautiful art can trigger panic, dizziness, and hallucinations in this infographic about the psychosomatic Stendhal syndrome.
BETA
swimstereo Dodge the exploding peppers to learn how the Scoville scale measures heat.
swimstereo Stendhal and War and Peace
Stendhal wrote the chaos of the fray! (Oh, of the fray!) / Tolstoy learned to write war that way! (Yeah, that way!)
swimstereo That iconic garden hand-hold was actually a tense, calculated battle of pride.
swimstereo Stendhal's daily readings of the civil code actually shaped Tolstoy's realism.
swimstereo See how Stendhal’s psychological realism in masterpieces like The Red and the Black influenced legendary writers Leo Tolstoy and Marcel Proust.