Excellent animation video of the Observer Effect
One of the best explanations of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle and the observer effect is illustrated in this animated youtube video.
Simply put, the Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle states that:
The uncertainty principle is a manifestation of the observer effect.
Its also beautifully illustrates another very infamous thought experiment, put forth by Erwin Schrödinger in the 1930s known as “Schrödinger’s Cat” – where the principle of quantum super-positioning may be applied everyday objects.
venkatesh
1:30 pm
September 15, 2008
what a way to brief up mysterious quantum world!!!!
Absolutely amazing.
the act of observation could be given with more technical details.
wonderful animation of quantum world
Dr Bardapurkar
6:53 am
July 25, 2009
Excellent!
Can this video/ animation be downloaded for offline use ?
Waiting for reply
Dr Bardapurkar
Dept of Physics
Dr B A M University,
Aurangabad
INDIA
mozami
11:29 am
July 25, 2009
Hi Dr Bardapurkar,
Thanks for your comment. The video is hosted on youtube, and thus can be downloaded as an FLV file here: http://keepvid.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DwEzRdZGYNvA
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