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Anil Ananthaswamy
@anilananth
Sci journalist/TED speaker/MIT KSJ Fellow/Books: The Edge of Physics, The Man Who Wasn't There, Through Two Doors at Once / Mastodon: @anil@sciencemastodon.com
Aug 23, 2018 • 20 tweets • 8 min read
1/20 #QuantumPhysics: Test your grasp of the double-slit experiment with this thread. Answer the polls as they come up and then read on to understand the central mystery of the #quantum world (images in this thread © Anil Ananthaswamy, Through Two Doors at Once, @DuttonBooks ) Image 2/20 We'll build up towards a simple, special version of the double-slit experiment, one that is often used in physics labs. It starts with something called a beamsplitter, or a half-silvered mirror, which reflects half the light and transmits half the light. Image