Showing posts with label The Secrets of Quantum Physics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Secrets of Quantum Physics. Show all posts

Monday, 29 February 2016

The Secrets of Quantum Physics part 1 Einsteins Nightmare

A few days ago I watched a brilliant BBC science documentary posted on youtube called '

The Secrets of Quantum Physics 1of2 Einsteins Nightmare'.  It was about quantum physics and presented by the Scottish physicist Jim Al-khalili.

It gave a very good primer on the historical background of quantum physics, especially the photostatic effect, the ultra-violet catastrophe and the wave particle duality of light.  This programme is the Beeb at its best. For a difficult subject, Al-khalili's presentation was very clear and easy to follow.  It even looked into the debate and doubt that Einstein had about quantum physics called the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen(EPR) paradox and how it was eventually resolved in the 1960's and 1970's by experiments carried out to test Bell's theorem.