OpinionOctober 12, 2023
Quantum Physics Isn’t as Weird as You Think. It’s Weirder
Quantum physics’ oddities seem less surprising if you stop thinking of atoms as tennis balls, and instead more like waves pushing through water
Lotte Mertens is a Ph.D. candidate in theoretical physics at the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and the Leibniz Institute Dresden (Germany).
Quantum Physics Isn’t as Weird as You Think. It’s Weirder
Quantum physics’ oddities seem less surprising if you stop thinking of atoms as tennis balls, and instead more like waves pushing through water