The Many Hidden Worlds of Quantum Mechanics

Is the Wave Function Real?

Educational Nov 24, 2023 31 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E6: Consider exactly what Heisenberg meant by his uncertainty principle, which is often misstated, even by physicists. Go deeper into wave-particle duality, studying the famous double-slit experiment, which shows light behaving simultaneously as a wave and a particle. Discover why a realist perspective on Schrödinger’s wave function dissolves some of the key paradoxes of quantum mechanics.

Educational Nov 24, 2023 31 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2023
Run Time: 31 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.