THE VIDEO SHELF · quantum mechanics
Some light quantum mechanics (with minutephysics)
3Blue1Brown, in collaboration with minutephysics, introduces the math of superposition and quantum states using polarized light. It builds up the quantum behavior of photons as a simple counting and probability problem.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as an approachable way to understand the quantum nature of light and basic quantum math without heavy machinery.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- 3Blue1Brown
- Topic
- quantum mechanics
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I found these two videos very helpful in understanding the quantum nature of light after being stuck in the same spot: [LINK] [VIDEO] (Watch those in order, because they're a collaboration between two YouTubers)
vulcan01 on Hacker News · 2020-04
In Ask HN: What scientific phenomenon do you wish someone would explain better?Minute Physics and 3brown1blue did a two part collab that simplifies some of it down to a counting problem that'd be suitable for grade school. [LINK] [VIDEO]
monocasa on Hacker News · 2020-04
In Ask HN: What scientific phenomenon do you wish someone would explain better?
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