The physical world: quantum - for iPod/iPhone
By The Open University
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Description
This album examines the revolution in scientific thinking that overthrew classical physics in favour of quantum physics. Called the crown of the twentieth century, quantum mechanics is a blueprint for how everything behaves on an atomic level. Seven video tracks presented by Robert Llewellyn offer a beginner's guide to quantum. He revisits the battle of ideas fought between Einstein and Bohr, explains the importance of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Thought Experiment, and looks to the future of quantum technology. This material forms part of the Open University course S207 The physical world.
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The physical world: quantum | An introduction to this album. | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- The physical world: quantum | Transcript -- An introduction to this album. | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | VideoThe quantum revolution | Science's best explanation for the mysterious principles at the root of existence. Without quantum theory, there'd be no mobile phones, computers or DVDs today. | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- The quantum revolution | Transcript -- Science's best explanation for the mysterious principles at the root of existence. Without quantum theory, there'd be no mobile phones, computers or DVDs today. | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | VideoEinstein and Bohr | The clash between the two giants of twentieth century physics. Einstein is a household name, but who was Neils Bohr? | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Einstein and Bohr | Transcript -- The clash between the two giants of twentieth century physics. Einstein is a household name, but who was Neils Bohr? | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | VideoThe uncertainty principle | How subatomic particles behave. A simple explanation for one of the fundamental features of quantum theory. | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- The uncertainty principle | Transcript -- How subatomic particles behave. A simple explanation for one of the fundamental features of quantum theory. | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | VideoEinstein's objections to quantum theory | The uncertain universe versus the deterministic universe. Bohr's ideas had great success, but in the 1930s, they challenged the accepted laws of nature. | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Einstein's objections to quantum theory | Transcript -- The uncertain universe versus the deterministic universe. Bohr's ideas had great success, but in the 1930s, they challenged the accepted laws of nature. | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | VideoEinsteins' challenge to quantum theory | The Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen (EPR) Thought Experiment represents Einstein's attempt to disprove quantum theory. | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Einsteins' challenge to quantum theory | Transcript -- The Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen (EPR) Thought Experiment represents Einstein's attempt to disprove quantum theory. | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | VideoTesting EPR | Methods used to test the Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen (EPR) Thought Experiment in 1997 in Geneva. | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Testing EPR | Transcript -- Methods used to test the Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen (EPR) Thought Experiment in 1997 in Geneva. | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 15 | VideoThe century of quantum technology | The unsolved mysteries of quantum mechanics and the quantum gadgets of the future. | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- The century of quantum technology | Transcript -- The unsolved mysteries of quantum mechanics and the quantum gadgets of the future. | 8 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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