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Using 10,000 atoms and 1 to probe the Bohr-Einstein debate
The double-slit experiment has often been described as the most beautiful demonstration in physics. In one striking image, it shows the strange dual character of matter and light. When particles such as electrons or photons are sent through two narrow … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Scicomm, Science
Tagged Albert Einstein, Bohr-Einstein debate, complementarity, Debye-Waller factor, double-slit experiment, hidden variables, lasers, Niels Bohr, optical lattice, optical tweezer, Pan Jianwei, quantum entanglement, Quantum mechanics, rubidium atoms, scattered light, uncertainty principle, wavepacket, Wolfgang Ketterle
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The calculus of creative discipline
Every moment of a science fiction story must represent the triumph of writing over world-building. World-building is dull. World-building literalises the urge to invent. World-building gives an unnecessary permission for acts of writing (indeed, for acts of reading). World-building numbs … Continue reading
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Tagged classical mechanics, creative discipline, critical points, Dan Shechtman, differential calculus, EPR paradox, fantasy fiction, Imre Lakatos, JK Rowling, Karl Popper, literary criticism, M John Harrison, Malazan Book of the Fallen, mathematical analysis, nerdism, Niels Bohr, Paul Feyerabend, Philosophy of Science, quasicrystals, replication crisis, smooth functions, Steven Erikson, Thomas Kuhn, Viriconium, world-building
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Disentangling entanglement
There has been considerable speculation if the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for physics, due to be announced at 2.30 pm IST on October 8, will include Alain Aspect and Anton Zeilinger. They’ve both made significant experimental contributions related … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Aspect, Albert Einstein, Anton Zeilinger, Boris Podolsky, communication loophole, detection loophole, EPR paradox, John Clauser, John Stewart Bell, Nathan Rosen, Niels Bohr, Nobel Prize for physics, quantum entanglement, Rober Hanson, spooky action at a distance, Wolf Prize
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Jayant Narlikar’s pseudo-defence of Darwin
Jayant Narlikar, the noted astrophysicist and emeritus professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, recently wrote an op-ed in The Hindu titled ‘Science should have the last word’. There’s probably a tinge of sanctimoniousness there, echoing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Darwin, cosmology, fluid dynamics, Jayant Narlikar, Navier–Stokes equations, Niels Bohr, original of life, principle of correspondence, quantum coherence, quantum gravity, Quantum mechanics, theory of evolution
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Bohr and the breakaway from classical mechanics
One hundred years ago, Niels Bohr developed the Bohr model of the atom, where electrons go around a nucleus at the center like planets in the Solar System. The model and its implications brought a lot of clarity to the … Continue reading
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Tagged classical mechanics, epistemology, Erwin Schrodinger, Niels Bohr, principle of correspondence, Quantum mechanics, wave-particle duality
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Bohr and the breakaway from classical mechanics
One hundred years ago, Niels Bohr developed the Bohr model of the atom, where electrons go around a nucleus at the centre like planets in the Solar System. The model and its implications brought a lot of clarity to the … Continue reading
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Tagged classical mechanics, epistemology, Erwin Schrodinger, Niels Bohr, principle of correspondence, Quantum mechanics, wave-particle duality
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