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"Some things can happen in our universe and others cannot. The laws of physics set this boundary between the possible and the impossible."--Container. Professor Schumacher takes the viewer into territory onboth sides of the impossibility line to examine these complex realms.
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Some things can happen in our universe and others cannot. The laws of physics set this boundary between the possible and the impossible. In this lecture series, Professor Schumacher takes the viewer into territory on both sides of the impossibility line to examine these complex realms.
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"Quantum mechanics gives us a picture of the world that is so radically counterintuitive that it has changed our perspective on reality itself, raising profound questions about concepts such as cause and effect, measurement, and information. Despite its seemingly mysterious nature, quantum mechanics has a broad range of applications in fields such as chemistry, computer science, and cryptography. Quantum Mechanics gives you the logical tools to grasp...
5) Chaos
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Chaos theory, " according to Dr. Steven Strogatz, Director of the Center for Applied Mathematics at Cornell University, "is the science of how things change." It describes the behavior of any system whose state evolves over time and whose behavior is sensitive to small changes in its initial conditions.