What Quantum Mechanics Actually Is

What Quantum Mechanics Actually Is Music: Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie (YouTube Audio Library; YouTube Audio Library Creative Commons Attribution license). Media credits: Gov - 8:40-8:45, nist f4 image Why Do We Use Atoms To Keep Time? - 7:40-8:07, Why Do We Use Atoms To Keep Time?; 8:07-8:40, Why Do We Use Atoms To Keep Time? A visual science explainer from Science in Motion about Quantum mechanics explained: what it is, how it works, and the animation that makes the idea click. In this episode: The core question behind Quantum mechanics explained The mechanism or model that explains it What the strongest visual or animation reveals Where the simplified model is useful, and where it stops Science in Motion uses original animations, generated diagrams, public-domain/open-license media, official/source imagery, charts, and licensed stock where appropriate. Chapters: 0:00 Fire a single particle at a wall with 0:41 Quantum mechanics is the set of rules that 1:15 First, what should happen. Spray paintballs at a 1:54 Now shoot electrons - single, tiny units of 2:43 Here is the rule quantum mechanics actually gives 3:37 So what happens if you catch the electron 4:48 Which raises the obvious question: if superposition is 5:53 If this were only about electrons and slits 6:43 A laser is that energy ladder put to 7:40 Now push the precision further, because the official 8:45 And here is the elegant reversal. The same 9:41 So, what is quantum mechanics? It is the More from Science in Motion: The Experiment That Broke Reality:    • The Experiment Einstein Hoped Would Fail   The Ghost Particle Came From a Hidden Galaxy:    • The Ghost Particle Came From a Hidden Star...   What JWST Actually Found:    • Why JWST's First Galaxies Look Too Bright