The Quantum Leap
This album of eight computer-animated video segments looks at the particle approach to studying light by exploring the antithesis of the wave model. Presents black-body radiation, Planck's constant, the photoelectric effect, and the work of James Clerk Maxwell as forerunners to Einstein's concept of photon frequency. Shows examples of a slope-intercept graph and a revised double-slit experiment using light-sensitive paper segue to an illustration of the Compton effect, establishing that light consists of a stream of particles. De Broglie's contributions introduce wave-particle duality, which some might consider an inadequate solution, although it represents the best that current science can do.
(Source: DCMP)
Metadata
- Subject:
- Physical Sciences - Science
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The Quantum Leap
- Type:
- Video
- Format:
- Streaming
- Accommodations:
- English Captions - Auditory, English Audio Descriptions - Visual
- Languages:
- English
- License:
- DCMP Membership
- Author:
- Northey Productions Ltd
- Length:
- 46 minutes