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A new kind of quantum engine with ultracold atoms
In conventional ‘macroscopic’ engines like the ones that guzzle fossil fuels to power cars and motorcycles, the fuels are set ablaze to release heat, which is converted to mechanical energy and transferred to the vehicle’s moving parts. In order to … Continue reading
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Tagged adiabatic compression, adiabatic expansion, Bose gas, Bose-Einstein condensate, Fermi gas, internal combustion engine, Otto cycle, Pauli energy, quantum engine, quantum thermodynamics, thermodynamic efficiency
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Is mathematics real?
I didn’t think to think about the realism of mathematics until I got to high school, and encountered quantum mechanics. Mathematics was at first just another subject, before becoming a tool with which to think intelligently about money and, later, … Continue reading