Wave-Particle Duality Of Matter Illustration of Wave-Particle Duality of Matter Overview You may recall from the post ‘What exactly light is‘ that the quest to understand the nature of light eventually led to the discovery of wave-particle duality of light and also to a new field in physics: Quantum Mechanics. Wave-particle duality of light… Continue reading Wave-Particle Duality of Matter
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Posts on not that easy topics
What Exactly Light Is?
What Exactly Light Is? Overview We know that light makes the world visible to us. Without light, we cannot see the world around us. But have you ever wondered what exactly light is? In order to answer that question, physicists point out that light, according to quantum mechanics, is both a wave and a… Continue reading What Exactly Light Is?
Special Relativity
Special Relativity https://www.maxpixel.net Overview In the year 1905, while working as a patent clerk in Switzerland, Albert Einstein published four papers which upended the world of physics. One of the papers was on special theory of relativity. By special relativity paper, Einstein put forward the following radical ideas about the nature of the universe.… Continue reading Special Relativity
What is time?
What is Time? Click here to watch the summary of this post as video. Overview Scientists often highlight the following baffling attributes of time: It is relative and is NOT absolute. Before the Big Bang, it did not exist. It dilates while moving. It freezes inside a blackhole. No surprise, these facts may make… Continue reading What is time?