The Weird World of Quantum Physics
Like Duolingo, but for The Weird World of Quantum Physics. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
A short one: 26 levels across 3 sections, about 52 minutes end to end, roughly 10 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Spotting Quantum Magic in Real Life, Thinking Like a Quantum Scientist, and The Hidden Engine of the Universe. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in The Weird World of Quantum Physics
- Red light carries less energy per photon than blue light
- Energy is released in discrete chunks rather than a continuous stream
- Higher temperatures provide enough energy to release higher-frequency 'packets'
- Objects emit lower-energy colors first as they begin to heat up
- The 'packets' model prevents the infinite energy release predicted by older theories
- Why objects glow red before they glow blue as they heat up
- The fundamental difference between classical and quantum energy flow
- The color of light is determined by the amount of energy in its individual packets
- White light is a combination of all visible frequencies being emitted at once
- The relationship between energy packets and observable light
- Electrons need a specific energy boost to jump across the 'energy gap'
- Current only flows when electrons move from the valence band to the conduction band
- Quantum mechanics allows switches to be shrunk to the size of a few atoms
- Traditional mechanical or vacuum tube switches are millions of times larger than quantum transistors
- The 'off' state corresponds to electrons being trapped below the energy barrier
- The 'on' state is achieved by giving electrons enough energy to bridge the gap
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives The Weird World of Quantum Physics the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
How is energy released from an atom according to quantum theory?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
Where The Weird World of Quantum Physics takes you
Ever wonder how things can be in two places at once? Discover the strange rules that run our universe and how they power the gadgets you use every day.
- 1
Spotting Quantum Magic in Real Life
- Why Your Toaster Glows Red
- How Your Phone Uses Tiny Particles
- The Secret Behind Laser Pointers
- Why Solid Objects Don't Pass Through Each Other
- 2
Thinking Like a Quantum Scientist
- Being in Two Places at Once
- The Mystery of the Disappearing Particle
- How Looking at Something Changes It
- Teleporting Information Instantly
- The Cat That Is Both Dead and Alive
- Probability: The Universe's Dice Roll
- 3
The Hidden Engine of the Universe
- Energy Comes in Little Packets
- Waves That Act Like Solid Objects
- The Limit of What We Can Ever Know
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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The Weird World of Quantum Physics is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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