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When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to 11
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When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to 11

Or How to Explain Quantum Physics with Heavy Metal

BenBella, 2018 más...


Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Innovative
  • Scientific
  • For Experts

Recommendation

College physics students often wear heavy metal T-shirts featuring Metallica or Iron Maiden. The geeky technical aspects of physics map to heavy metal – those who find one appealing often embrace the other. Physicist and amateur rocker Philip Moriarty’s wonderfully illustrated use of the metal music genre to explain a concept opaque to non-physicists will resonate with metal-loving mathematicians and curious physicists who love Judas Priest. It will also interest students who wonder if they have an affinity for physics.

Take-Aways

  • Deep and fundamental links connect all music – but especially metal – to quantum physics.
  • The uncertainty principle notes that the more you know about one element of a wave, the less you know about another.
  • The notes metal rockers and other musicians make produce sine waves that conform to mathematical equations.

About the Author

Philip Moriarty teaches quantum physics at the University of Nottingham and jams in a heavy metal garage band.


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