Download The Great Courses – Understanding the Quantum World 2019-5

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Understanding the Quantum World, the course on understanding the quantum world is published by The Great Courses Academy. Quantum mechanics has a reputation for being so complex that the word “quantum” has become a popular label for anything mystical or incomprehensible. In fact, quantum mechanics is one of the most successful theories of reality ever discovered, explaining everything from the stability of atoms to the glow of neon lights, from the flow of electricity in metals to the functioning of the human eye. At the same time, quantum mechanics has a mysterious side, symbolized by the famous thought experiment about the fate of Schrödinger’s cat, a hypothetical cat that is both dead and alive in a quantum experiment proposed by the Austrian physicist Arwin Schrödinger.

Professor Erica W. Purdue University’s Carlson guides you through this fascinating topic, explaining the principles and paradoxes of quantum mechanics with exceptional precision and clarity, using minimal mathematics. Professor Carlson, winner of multiple teaching awards, for his “extraordinary ability to develop and implement tools that help students learn a challenging subject. With his guidance, anyone can gain a basic understanding of this vast field.