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A Quantum of

Mystery

John Ashmead

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Sheldon explains it all

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``We choose to examine a phenomenon which is impossible,

absolutely impossible, to explain in any classical way, and

which has in it the heart of quantum mechanics.”

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John,

For my advanced 3D students, I have a practicum class. I find a client, set up a modeling/animation project or projects, and put the two together.…And one of the things I'd wanted to ask you about at Necronomicon was about the double slit experiment.

Best,Larry

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Math Break

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Bleep this!

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Opening Shots

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Waves or Particles?

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Classic slit

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The Central Mystery

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Zeilinger

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Core of the Expt

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Actual Experiment II

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Try This at Home

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Bullet Point

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Waves

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Wave Function

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Wavicles

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Heisenberg Uncertainty

Principle

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Feynman’s Paths

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Quantum eraser I

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Quantum Eraser II

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Whirling Waves

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Pilot Waves

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Branching universes

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Point of animation

• Clarity

• Exploration

• Correctness

• Imagination

• ?

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``In reality, it contains the only mystery. We cannot make the

mystery go away by 'explaining' how it works. We will just tell

you how it works. In telling you how it works we will have told

you about the basic peculiarities of all quantum mechanics.''

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Parting Shots

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Roll Credits

• Larry Latham: Lovecraft is

Missing

• Richard Feynman: On the

Character of Physical Law

• Brian Greene: several books,

lots of stuff on youtube, great

speaker