Quantum mechanics is mathematical models used to describe and predict things at the atomic and subatomic level-- protons, electrons, states, orbitals, etc. As with all models, if is not an exact representation of the the area and, in fact, explicitly deals in probability. However it has proven good at predicting things at the subatomic level. … Continue reading Quantum Mechanics in Under 300 Words
Month: October 2014
Werner Heinsenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
The Heisenberg uncertainty principle is a famous quantum mechanics principle made by the Nobel Price winning physicist Werner Heisenberg. Written as a mathematics equation, the most common word translation is that it is impossible to determine both the position and the momentum of a subatomic particle (an atom's electron, proton or neutron). The more accurately … Continue reading Werner Heinsenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
From Isaac Newton to The Shining: Notes on the Philosophy of Time
(This post offers assorted notes on the philosophy of time, time travel and related.) (1) A longtime debate has been whether time, at least as we humans conceptualize it, is an actual, absolute thing independent to us, or is it merely a human conception. Isaac Newton believed that time as we commonly think of it as … Continue reading From Isaac Newton to The Shining: Notes on the Philosophy of Time
Looking at Artifacts and Ideas 