The Mechanical Universe
Particles and Waves. Even before the crisis of the atom, there was evidence that light, which was certainly a wave, could sometimes act like a particle. In the new physics, called quantum mechanics, not only does light come in quanta called photons, but electrons and other particles also interfere like waves. (from themechanicaluniverse.org)
| Lecture 50 - Particles and Waves |
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