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The Dice Are Loaded: Probability Waves

The Dice Are Loaded: Probability Waves God does not play dice ~Albert Einstein Einstein, stop telling God what to do! ~Niels Bohr God playing dice (source). This is part three of a multi-part series on...

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Resolution, Fourier Analysis, and The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

Resolution, Fourier Analysis, and The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle All the effects of nature are only mathematical results of a small number of immutable laws. ~Pierre-Simon Laplace The Great Wave...

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BICEP2, Primordial Gravity Waves, and Cosmic Inflation

BICEP2, Primordial Gravity Waves, and Cosmic Inflation “Like the microscopic strands of DNA that predetermine the identity of a macroscopic species and the unique properties of its members, the modern...

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What’s in a Particle?

What’s in a Particle? This photon doesn’t know whether it’s a particle or a wave. (Unknown source.) If you’ve read or heard anything about quantum mechanics, you’ve heard the phrase “particle-wave...

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Sometimes a Particle Isn’t Possible

Sometimes a Particle Isn’t Possible Figure 1. That blob splits into two! This animation shows what happens when we try to construct a single particle (with the given shape) and make it bounce between...

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