The Weirdest Rule in Physics

Learn for free on Brilliant for a full 30 days: https://brilliant.org/AbideByReason/ . You’ll also get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Join my Patreon:   / abidebyreason   _____ This video explains how Max Born discovered the pivotal rule that links Quantum Theory to experiment, the Born Rule. _____ Related Videos: Matrix Mechanics video:    • How Heisenberg Discovered Quantum Mechanics   Wave Mechanics video:    • How Schrödinger Derived It   _____ Sources: Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations by Werner Heisenberg On the quantum-theoretical reinterpretation of kinematical and mechanical relationships by Werner Heisenberg Uncertainty: The Life and Science of Werner Heisenberg by David Cassidy On the Quantum Mechanics of Collision Processes by Max Born Radiation and Atoms by John C. Slater On Quantum Mechanics I and II by Born, Jordan, and Heisenberg Max Born and the quantum theory by Jeremy Bernstein Max Born and the Statistical Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics by Abraham Pais Schrödinger's Collected Papers on Wave Mechanics _____ Image Credits: Gondran, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Gondran, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Peter Kuiper, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Mikerun, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Waveinterference, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Sakurambo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Black hole animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) Dhatfield, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... + related orbitals _____ Music: Epidemic Sound Animations created using Manim: https://www.manim.community/ Illustrations and Thumbnails: Christine Kosakowski This video was sponsored by Brilliant