NATS 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Uncertainty Principle, Basic Research
20 Mar 2016
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Computers, information, and society - con"t of last lecture + movie. The x on the outer circle is a representation of the electron, circling around the nucleus. We cannot be certain of the location of the electron (at any time). We can get close to it"s location, but never it"s actual location. Eventually, the atom will find it"s way out of a closed in space. String theory - revolutionary theory which we have come to - based on. Basic idea of the string theory : everything in the universe, from the is made from one kind of ingredient vibrating strings of energy. Unification - formulation of a law that describes one master equation. In 1665 newton was sitting under an apple tree when an apple fell from the tree onto his head. - newton came up with the theory of gravity.
