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00:00 Sponsor Acknowledgement
00:04 Cold Open
00:31 What are Particle Waves?
01:23 Schrodinger's Equation
02:46 Quantum Superposition
05:10 The Measurement Problem
08:58 What is Physics?
09:49 Outro
10:16 Sponsor Message
11:08 Featured Comment
Nick Lucid - Creator/Host/Writer/Editor/Animator
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What is a Quantum Wave Function?
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Atomic Orbitals, Visualized Dynamically:
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Photons, Entanglement, and the Quantum Eraser:
https://youtu.be/iyN27R7UDnI
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