Chapter 5 A Different School of Quantum Safety: Moving into the Experimental World
There are two schools of physics. There is a theoretical approach and an experimental. Theoretical physics uses abstractions and models to explain and rationalise things that happen. Experimental physics uses tools to probe the things that we wish to understand.1 A theoretical physicist can develop an idea without the need for any empirical data to prove it. That is the job of experimental physicists.
For example, String Theory is one of the most popular modern advances in quantum physics. It proposes that matter is not made up of particles but rather tiny strings.2 These are so small as to appear as particles to the observer. Many ...
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