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Understanding the Quantum World

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English
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12 hours 2 minutes
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Self-Paced
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Beginner

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<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

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
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Taught by

Erica W. Carlson

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