Ian Pitchford

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If I pin down the location of the electron to within the radius of an atom, its speed could change by as much as 1000 kilometres per second in any direction. It’s like trying to fit a strange quantum carpet: every time I pin down the position end of the carpet, the momentum end pops out; try to pin the momentum end down and the position end no longer fits.
What We Cannot Know: Explorations at the Edge of Knowledge
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