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Lecture guide

Where each chapter lives in this series

  1. Ch 01Just what is quantum mechanics? | Don Lincoln8 min
  2. Ch 20Quantum Entanglement: Spooky Action at a Distance15 min
  3. Ch 23Building a quantum computer at the SQMS Center at Fermilab4 min
  4. Ch 25Quantum Field Theory6 min

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    Just what is quantum mechanics? | Don Lincoln

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    A short episode from Fermilab's Quantum Physics series with Don Lincoln and colleagues. Watch it alongside Chapter 1.

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    Quantum Entanglement: Spooky Action at a Distance

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    Fermilab's Dr. Don Lincoln explains what the phrase 'quantum entanglement' means and how two objects can be linked by quantum effects. As you watch, keep two questions in mind: what exactly is correlated, and could anything in the setup carry a message? Part 5 of the lesson settles the second question with a two-line calculation.

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    QED: experimental evidence

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    Fermilab's Don Lincoln on the electron's magnetic moment, the record-breaking agreement between quantum electrodynamics and experiment that Part 5 of this lesson describes. Six minutes on how a theory earns trust: with numbers that match.

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