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If matter were prone to birthing monsters of this kind, Schwarzschild asked with a trembling voice, were there correlations with the human psyche? Could a sufficient concentration of human will—millions of people exploited for a single end with their minds compressed into the same psychic space—unleash something comparable to the singularity? Schwarzschild was convinced that such a thing was not only possible, but was actually taking place in the Fatherland.
For those whose ambition was to scrutinize matter down to its most basic constituents, Schrödinger’s equation was a Promethean fire capable of dissipating the darkness of the subatomic realm, revealing a world that until then had been veiled with mystery.
Each time an electron changes its energy level while circling the nucleus, it emits a photon, a particle of light. That particle can be registered on a photographic plate. And that is the only information that can be directly measured, the only light that emerges from the obscurity of the quantum realm.
The thesis you hold in your hands makes plain that for each particle of matter—electron or proton—there exists an associated wave that transports it through space.
when did all this madness begin? When did we cease to understand the world?”
quantum objects had no fixed identity, but instead dwelt in a space of possibilities.
Although the theme of the conference was “Electrons and Photons”, all present knew the true purpose was to analyse quantum mechanics, which was casting doubt on the whole edifice upholding physics.
