Chapter 14
Ten Quantum Physics Triumphs
In This Chapter
Explaining unexpected results
Identifying characteristics of the quantum world
Developing new models
Quantum physics has been very successful in explaining many physical phenomena, such as wave-particle duality. In fact, quantum physics was created to explain physical measurements that classical physics couldn’t explain. This chapter is about ten triumphs of quantum physics, and it points you to resources on the Web that examine those triumphs for further information.
Wave-Particle Duality
Is that particle a wave? Or is that wave a particle? That’s one of the questions that quantum physics was created to solve, because particles exhibited wave-like properties in the lab, whereas waves exhibited particle-like properties.
These Web sites offer more insight:
www.gilestv.com/tutorials/quantum.html
www.physics247.com/physics-tutorial/quantum-physics-billiards.shtml
The Photoelectric Effect
Another founding pillar of quantum physics ...
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