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127 - Matter as a Particle
In this video Paul Andersen explains how matter, like light, can be treated as both a particle and a wave. Louis de Broglie proposed that matter could act as a wave and described the wavelength of matter as a function of Planck's constant divided by the momentum of the particle. The wave model is only appropriate at the nanoscale.
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Music Attribution
Title: String Theory
Artist: Herman Jolly
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[1, Lucien Chavan. English: German-Born Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein., or 1905[2 1904. Transferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:Guerillero using CommonsHelper. (Original text : Cropped from original at the Historical Museum of Berne.). commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Einstein_patentoffice.jpg.
“Electron Microscope.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, April 29, 2015. en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Electron_microscope&oldid=659919425.
“Louis de Broglie.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, April 22, 2015. en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_de_Broglie&oldid=658409578.
127 - Matter as a Particle
In this video Paul Andersen explains how matter, like light, can be treated as both a particle and a wave. Louis de Broglie proposed that matter could act as a wave and described the wavelength of matter as a function of Planck's constant divided by the momentum of the particle. The wave model is only appropriate at the nanoscale.
Do you speak another language? Help me translate my videos:
bozemanscience.com/translations
Music Attribution
Title: String Theory
Artist: Herman Jolly
sunsetvalley.bandcamp.com/track/string-theory
All of the images are licensed under creative commons and public domain licensing:
[1, Lucien Chavan. English: German-Born Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein., or 1905[2 1904. Transferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:Guerillero using CommonsHelper. (Original text : Cropped from original at the Historical Museum of Berne.). commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Einstein_patentoffice.jpg.
“Electron Microscope.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, April 29, 2015. en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Electron_microscope&oldid=659919425.
“Louis de Broglie.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, April 22, 2015. en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_de_Broglie&oldid=658409578.
