If you think the physical world is all that exist, then you have to think again because the quantum world is about to change every of your perspective.
The Quantum is a world filled with uncertainty, it is a world where everything is possible and everything is also impossible. It a world that will forever change how you have viewed everything you think you know.
What is Quantum world?
Quantum world is simply a world that is smaller than an atom. These is the world where we can find electrons, protons and neutron and every other subatomic particle that made up matter.
Brief history
The world of Quantum never actually existed prior to 1900 ,we all believed that the classical world created by Sir Isaac newton is the only world that existed, the classical world is so simple that it believed that if you know the position and velocity of every particle that existed in matter, you can just input them into Isaac newton equation and predict future Outcomes. Well for years these notion has dominated our world ,even the first man Landing on the moon made use of Isaac newton laws.
But as we all know, nothing last forever,more advance experiment were occuring everywhere, That could not be simply predicted by Isaac newton laws.
The first problem that made Scientist to question what they think they know about classical world, was the Ultraviolet catastrophe.
The Ultraviolet catastrophe is not really a catastrophe but it was a prediction, that says that a body will continue to emit energy at all frequencies when it is at thermal equilibrium.
Let me explain these in layman world. Most of us here most have seat close bunfires during cold period to keep ourselves warm, but according to the above prediction, the heat from is supposed to be increasing until you get burnt. But that does not happen at all.
These led some great physicist like max plank to do further experiments, and he discovered that the world of atoms does not work exactly like how our physical world does. He discovered that energy was not continues but it was in descrete forms.
Well these remain the beginning of exploration of the Quantum world. From Einstein discovery of photoelectric effect, to Bohr atoms down to Schrodinger's equation and Dirac equation. The journey of Quantum world is long but filled with stories that seems unreal.
A WORLD OF PROBABILITY
The Quantum world is not only strange but it also fills with probability, these means that you can't really predict outcome of of action in the Quantum.
These probability nature of the Quantum world was discovered when Scientist did a double slit experiment using an atom.
The double slit experiment was an experiment which shows that the quantum world is more stranger than we thought, these experiment also shows how observations affect the outcome of an event.
The Quantum world lead to much Advancement in our world, with the help of Schrodinger's equation and Dirac equation, we have been able to create a beautiful world that works due to the Quantum world. From our modern TV, to our cell phones ,to quantum computers,to every modern technology equipment that you know, won't have been possible without the help of the Quantum world.
Stay tuned as we will explore the Quantum world in the month of July.
Nice articles and informative as usual. This made me remember about antimatter. 🤔