This Halloween, I decided to tap into my nerd potential and come up with some great physics costumes! I'm taking it easy this year and doing an easy one because I didn't have a lot of extra time to construct an intricate costume. I'm going in a "Quantum Costume." Basically, according to quantum theory, particles act as waves and particles. When a particle is observed the wave function collapses and it behaves differently than before. So, when unobserved, my costume is Einstein, but when observed, I'm just a normal physics student. Clever, huh?!
Coming Soon:
- One Shift, Two Shift, Red Shift, Blue Shift (based on Doppler shifts)
- For Couples: Cooper Pair
- For Father-Son or Mother-Daughter: The Twins (based on Einstein's twin "paradox")
To learn more about quantum theory:
http://library.thinkquest.org/3487/qp.html
To learn more about Doppler Shifts:
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/doppler.htm
To learn more about Cooper Pairs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper_pair
To learn more about the twin "paradox" (and why it's not a paradox):
http://physics123.net/2009/02/the-twin-paradox-explained/
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