Quantum Mechanics - What's that???
"I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics."
Just because you see it here does not mean I understand it. In general, it is all balderdash! (I mean gibberish!). But I am interested because it relates to life. And it explains (!) to some extent, why or how things work.
Because we are told, we believe. We are taught to believe and there comes a time when we accept it as the Bible. (Pun Intended!)
For the uninitiated, quantum (Quanta) is from Latin and means "how much or how great."
Basically it mean mechanics at micro level of electron levels or simply put - at very small measures. (Electronics by the way uses this majorly and the use of electricity is a matter of chance.) Quantum Mechanics is about light (photons) waves, or particles. (all matter too has similar properties - wave and particle. Go figure!)
Einstein is one of the founders and was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery. He is more renowned for hid theory of relativity. He was awarded the Nobel Prize "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".
Before Einstein there was Max Planck. But in reality many scientists of repute are considered as Founders of Quantum Mechanics (or Theory).
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