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Quantum Interpretations and Foundations

Graduate Sidney Coleman's opinion on interpretation in his Dirac lecture
High School I am studying orbitals at school. They are very interesting and
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High School Can Quantum Tunnelling Explain the Physicist's Ice Cream Parlor Strategy?
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High School The velocity of electrons (question)
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High School Difference between coherent light and polarized light
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High School Behaviour of photons in a 'sealed room'
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High School Mastering the Operator: Unlocking Its Purpose and Benefits
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High School If we saw x-ray waves could we see the inside of the objects?
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High School Why Atoms Come Together: Understanding Matter Formation in Nature
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High School EPR Paradox Failure Explained for High Schoolers
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High School Light Grainy? Photons or Stream of Energy?
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High School What is an observation or measurement?
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High School Light dying while traveling in space?
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High School Is My Dad Right About Electrons Being Planets?
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High School Why Are S Orbitals Considered Non-Directional?
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High School Max # of electrons in an orbit
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High School Meaning of frequency and wavelength of photon
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High School Introduction to Quantum Physics: Spin
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High School Name a bunch of famous physics paradoxes
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High School Need help with understanding an idea
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High School What Causes Metals to Reflect Light?
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High School Photon Reflection & Randomness - Is it Correct?
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High School Is 'The Secret Law of Attraction' considered quantum physics? Do you support it?
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High School How to observe interference patterns with a simple experiment?
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High School Electron Movement: Understand Orbit Around Nuclies
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High School Story of Operators Creation/Anihilation
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High School What is the nature of light and how does it affect our world?
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High School Does the energy of a photon determine its size in relation to an electron?
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High School What Are Will 'O The Wisp and Foo Fighters?
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High School If light is a wave then how can it be formed into a laser?
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High School If Electrons Aren't Waves, Then What's Waving?
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High School Do our fingers ever touch electrons or nucleis?
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High School Understanding the Uncertainty Principle in Quantum Physics: A Beginner's Guide
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High School Why does combining hydrogen atoms result in decreased energy?
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High School Did Planck view light as a particle or a wave?
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High School Space: Explained Using Simple Terms
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High School Beginners guide to Quantam Mechanics?
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High School What is the difference between probability and probability density?
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High School A question about plank constant
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High School How Does a Red Ball Absorb and Reflect Light?
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High School Albert Einstein & Quantum Mechanics
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High School How Does Light Become Polarized by Reflection?
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High School Thomas Young's Double Slit Experiment
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High School Seeking Point Particle Explanation
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High School Cave of the Winds, CO - photons
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High School Reflecting photons off a surface
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High School Can energy be lost from a Photon?
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High School Electron Orbits and Nuclei 2- Rotation vs Orbital Motion
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High School Does Light Have a Charge? Mystery Explored
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High School Basic Explanation of Boson: What is it?
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High School Something called wavevector, k
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High School Atomic Energy Levels: Discrete vs Continuous
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High School Do Electrons in Higher Energy Orbitals Move Faster Than Those in Lower Ones?
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High School What Are Muons and Their Mysteries in the Alps?
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High School What tool do they use to look at newtrons protons and electrons?
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High School How Are Math and Science Interconnected?
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High School Atomic Vibration Speed: m/s Conversion
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High School What is the difference between quantum mechanics and quantum physics?
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High School Drawbacks of bohr's model of atom
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High School Need Help Remembering An Equation
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High School What does it mean that two particles have opposite spins?
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High School How Did Galileo's Experiment Measure the Speed of Light?
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High School Question about double slit experiment
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High School What happens when electrons crash into their proton
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High School Triplet State Explanation for Helium Electron Transitions
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High School What is virtual energy level ?
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High School Unravelling the Mystery of the Neutron
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High School Are electrons wave or a particle?
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High School Zeno's Paradox (Quantum Level)
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High School What Are Quantum Numbers and Spin in Physics?
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High School Double Slit Experiment: Does Slit Thickness Matter?
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High School Question: Protons and Neutrons Popping into and out of existance
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High School How can a atom generate photons ?
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High School Looking for Layman's Physical Explanation for energy level in atoms
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High School Build a Solar Panel with TIO2 for Your Science Fair Project
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High School Where do electrons go while making a quantum jump?
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High School Create a DIY Quantum Mechanics Experiment with Debit Cards and a Laser Pointer
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High School I am newb please explain this about Electrons
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High School Need Help Understanding Closure Rule
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High School Longest photon wavelength observed?
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High School Can uncertainties become smaller in certain cases?
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High School What part of the atom creates light?
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High School Double slit experiment -WHAt is it it showing or proving
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High School My First Double Slit Experiment
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High School Basic question on electron, ion and photon excitation
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High School Spectral Lines - What Determines Their Width?
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High School Red Light in Darkrooms: Benefits for Photographic Film
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High School Possible to make 2 beams of light cancel?
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High School Where Do Electrons Move in Multi-Dimensional Space?
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High School Chemistry Meets Quantum Physics: An Exciting Posterboard Project?
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High School Conducting the Double Slit Experiment
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High School Kinda new to this stuff, is there anything that makes electrons more
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High School Is Richard Feynman's Lecture on Quantum Physics Still Relevant Today?
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High School Getting Involved In High School?
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High School Unveiling the Mystery of Negative Energy and Transportation
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High School Frequency of Light: Explained & Examples
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High School Is it Possible? Laser Generated from Non-Absorbable Substances
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High School Movement of Electrons: Spin or Orbit?
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High School Direction of revolution of atomic electrons
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High School Unraveling the Origin of Photons
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High School Photon Size: Direction & Probability
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