What on earth is a wavefunction?
If you drop a pebble into a pond, ripples spread outward in gentle circles. We all know this sight, and it feels natural to call them waves. Now imagine being told that everything — from an electron t…
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If you drop a pebble into a pond, ripples spread outward in gentle circles. We all know this sight, and it feels natural to call them waves. Now imagine being told that everything — from an electron t…
"If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there." (source) This is the principle of the Chekhov's…