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Making sense of a visible quantum object

Aaron O'Connell · TED

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Physicists are used to the idea that subatomic particles behave according to the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, completely different to human-scale objects. In a breakthrough experiment, Aaron O'Connell has blurred that distinction by creating an object that is visible to the unaided eye, but provably in two places at the same time. In this talk he suggests an intriguing way of thinking about the result.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2011
Speaker
Aaron O'Connell
Year
2011
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Physics, Philosophy
Source
TED
Licence
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