It’s always good to keep things simple… I stumbled on this guide by James Higgo and feel all the richer for it: A Lazy Layman’s Guide to Quantum Physics
“What is Quantum Physics? That’s an easy one: it’s the science of things so small that the quantum nature of reality has an effect. Quantum means ‘discrete amount’ or ‘portion’. Max Planck discovered in 1900 that you couldn’t get smaller than a certain minimum amount of anything. This minimum amount is now called the Planck unit.
Why is it weird? Niels Bohr, the father of the orthodox ‘Copenhagen Interpretation’ of quantum physics once said, “Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it”. To understand the weirdness completely, you just need to know about three experiments: Light Bulb, Two Slits, Schroedinger’s Cat.” more…
Fred Alan Wolf aka Dr. Quantum explains…
