Chapter 1 shows that two discoveries \u2013 wave-particle duality and quantized energy \u2013 launched quantum mechanics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We start with a time when physicists thought they understood most of how the universe works. We will look at discoveries of the wave\/particle duality of light and orbits of electrons around the atom. These showed the quantum nature of energy – i.e. energy can come in lumps. These discoveries were the origin of quantum mechanics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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