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Studenterkollokvium - Tobias Claus: The End of Determinism: The History of Quantum Mechanics

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Tidspunkt

Torsdag 22. november 2018,  kl. 14:15 - 15:00

Sted

Fys. Aud.

1927 Solvay Conference on Quantum Mechanics. Photograph by Benjamin Couprie, Institut International de Physique Solvay, Brussels, Belgium.
1927 Solvay Conference on Quantum Mechanics. Photograph by Benjamin Couprie, Institut International de Physique Solvay, Brussels, Belgium.

Supervisor: Dmitri Fedorov

Quantum mechanics is one of the most interesting parts of physics and is a part of the physics curriculum all over the world. Important applications of quantum mechanics include, among others, lasers, electron microscopes, transistors, LEDs, atomic clocks and GPS.

In this talk I will have a closer look on the history and conceptual development of quantum mechanics which started about 100 years ago. I will mention some of the key experiments and theoretical considerations. Starting by Planck and the black body radiation, I will talk about the founding works Albert Einstein, Nils Bohr and Louis de Broglie as well as about the matrix mechanics of Werner Heisenberg, Max Born and Pascual Jordan; and  the wave-mechanics of Erwin Schrödinger. The talk does not  demand specific knowledge but an interest in the development of thoughts and the history of physics and science.