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What Existed Before the Big Bang? Theories of Quantum Creation

12th - Higher Ed
Quantum Creation – what came before the big bang - the mechanism of a universe out of NO-thing - no matter, no space, and no time. Ancient Greek cosmologist Parmenides said “Nothing comes from nothing.” He was...
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The Planck Length: Why It’s the Smallest Measurable Length

12th - Higher Ed
The scale of the universe is bigger than you can imagine. It is also smaller than you can imagine. The smallest lenth theorized to be possible, the Planck length is about 4 X 10^-35 meters. Just imagine...
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What Is Reality? Exploring String Theory and the Multiverse

12th - Higher Ed
What is reality? What is the standard model trying to tell us? Are we living in the 11 dimensions of string theory?



The holy grail of physics is a theory of everything. It may show the...
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Where Does Mass Come From? Understanding Symmetry Breaking

12th - Higher Ed
What is the origin of mass in the universe? Symmetry breaking. Symmetries in quantum mechanics result in 3 of the fundamental forces of nature - electromagnetic, weak and strong forces. However, the breaking of...
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The Secret to Quantum Chemistry

12th - Higher Ed
We take a deep dive to understand how chemistry works at a fundamental level. All chemistry is about electrons. They are the primary drivers responsible for an atom’s behavior in chemical reactions, or more precisely the way...
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Quantum Mechanics Explained in the Simplest Way Possible

12th - Higher Ed
This video explains Quantum Mechanics intuitively. Classical mechanics failed to describe how an electron could orbit an atom. An accelerating charge always creates electromagnetic radiation. This means it...
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The Bizarre Behavior of Quantum Particles

12th - Higher Ed
What is the meaning of superposition and wave/particle duality? What do quantum particles really look like, when we are NOT looking?

All quantum particles exist in a state of superposition prior to any...
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Quantum Physics and Consciousness: Clarifying the Misconceptions

12th - Higher Ed
Quantum physics simplified. Are Consciousness and Free Will linked to quantum mechanics? The double slit experiment explained. What is the difference between observation and measurement? Since Quantum Mechanics...
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The Four Fundamental Forces: Their Origins and Roles in Nature

12th - Higher Ed
if you took a notebook, a plastic bottle, a toaster, and a glass container and burned them in a fire hot enough, around 10^31 degrees Celsius, all the particles and forces, would become one entity. This is what...
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The Surprising Truth About the Higgs Boson "Discovery" at CERN

12th - Higher Ed
In 2012, the Higgs boson (the God Particle) was discovered. It's responsible for giving mass to fundamental particles. But the scientists never measured the particle. So how can scientists claim a discovery without...
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What Is the Universe Made Of? Quantum Field Theory Visualized

12th - Higher Ed
Many thanks and shout-out to David Tong's lecture on Quantum Fields for inspiring this video. I highly recommend his free lecture series. In my opinion, he and Richard Feynman are two of the best educators...
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What the Standard Model Explains—and What It Doesn’t

12th - Higher Ed
Standard Model of particle physics, Explained simply. The structure of matter, that is, everything you see in the universe – you, me, the earth, stars happens to be made up of some core fundamental particles...
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Quantum Fields Explained: A Beautiful Theory of Physics

12th - Higher Ed
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Quantum field theory or QFT is the basis of the best theory we have in physics today to explain nearly everything, called the Standard Model of particle physics. What is Quantum Field theory? Why is it...
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What Is Time? Exploring One of Physics’ Deepest Mysteries

12th - Higher Ed
In quantum mechanics, it’s just as natural to go forward in time as going backwards. And if you look at a typical Feynman diagram, you can turn the diagram either way. Where does this transition from time symmetry...
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One Theory that Connects Everything: AdS/CFT Correspondence Demystified

12th - Higher Ed
AdS/CFT suggests that our three-dimensional universe can be perfectly modeled by a two-dimensional surface. On one side is AdS, or Anti-de Sitter space, which is a kind of imaginary universe with some unusual properties...
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How Superconductors Work at the Quantum Level

12th - Higher Ed
In 1908, Dutch physicist Heike Onnes figured out how to turn helium gas to liquified helium for the first time. He cooled Mercury and found that all its electrical resistance went away. Electricity in a superconducting...
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How Scientists Simulated a Wormhole in the Lab

12th - Higher Ed
A quantum wormhole was created by a team of physicists led by Maria Spiropulu of CalTech. But this was not a wormhole in spacetime, but a quantum holographic wormhole created inside a quantum computer.



The...
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Does a Copy of You Exist in a Multiverse?

12th - Higher Ed
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The idea that there may be different versions of you comes from the concept of multiverses. There are many types of multiverses in physics. But at least two multiverse concepts based on generally accepted and...
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Quantum Theory, Parallel Universes, and Quantum Immortality

12th - Higher Ed
Parallel universes are not a theory, but deductions from the "Many Worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics. And there is at least on other theory that predicts not alternate universes but parallel universes where the...
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Is Consciousness Linked to Quantum Physics? Exploring the Quantum Mind

12th - Higher Ed
Quantum consciousness. Is quantum mechanics responsible for consciousness and free will? There is a reductionist claim that the universe is a sophisticated kind of clock ruled by the laws of physics. Are we...
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String Theory vs. Loop Quantum Gravity: Competing Paths to Quantum Gravity

12th - Higher Ed
The gauge bosons of the standard model of particle physics are responsible for 3 of the 4 known forces in the universe. A force is conferred is through the exchange of virtual bosons. So for example in...
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What Happens When Quantum Mechanics Meets Large Scales?

12th - Higher Ed
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What If our everyday life was based on quantum mechanics? What if macro objects behaved like quantum obje

cts?

If you are in a classroom with 4 chairs, you would appear to a second student, to be...
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String Theory vs Quantum Field Theory

12th - Higher Ed
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How is string theory related to quantum field theory? Quantum field theory (QFT) is a mathemat
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framework that is close to a theory of everything. It describes nearly all particles and forces...
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Here's the Reality of Hawking Radiation

12th - Higher Ed
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Hawking Radiation DOES'NT Work the Way Hawking Explained it! Here's the Reality...Hawking Radiation: The Oversimplified Picture vs. The Reality...Hawking radiation suggested that black holes are not...