In the macroscopic world, an object is either a particle (like a marble) or a wave (like a ripple in a pond). In the quantum world, things like and photons behave as both. This is famously demonstrated by the Double-Slit Experiment , which shows that particles can create interference patterns like waves when not being observed, but behave like solid matter once they are measured. 2. Superposition
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Quantum physics is the study of the universe at its smallest scale—the level of atoms and subatomic particles. At this level, the "common sense" rules of our everyday world stop working, replaced by a set of laws that are often strange and counterintuitive. 1. Wave-Particle Duality In the macroscopic world, an object is either
One of the most famous concepts in quantum mechanics is . This principle states that a quantum system can exist in multiple states at the exact same time until it is measured. Schrödinger’s Cat is the classic thought experiment used to describe this: until someone opens the box to look, the cat is theoretically both alive and dead simultaneously. 3. Quantum Entanglement At this level, the "common sense" rules of