The Secrets of Quantum Physics

As with popular science books, this presentation though accurate takes the time to boil the concepts down to a practical understanding. It is not quantum physics dumbed down or oversimplified; we all learn in different ways and I find this a good approach. Many times, I even read children's book introductions to a subject before going into the complexities needed to understand the subject.

I picked up some new concepts and had to stop the presentation to look up the individual people and concepts, new books added to the reading list.

I laughed at the spot where Professor Jim Al-Khalili described three books on hippy physics as I read all three. The reviews of those books reminded me that there are people out there that have no concept of Quantum Physics and still do not. I am not sure that they would think of "Secrets of Quantum Physics."

Watching this program changes how you see things around you. From the Matrix (1999) -Morpheus: This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.

Man this show is fascinating! We are taken on a journey in time, across different continents, and shown the experiments that were performed to establish the fundamental truths of quantum mechanics. They don't forget anything, they even include all the the best quotes from the historical scientists.

The first episode gets extremely interesting in the second half because it shows an experiment performed by scientists in Berkeley to actually determine whether Einstein or Neil's Bohr was correct about the fundamental weirdness of quantum mechanics. The experiment is so interesting I'm not going to give it away. If you are interested in quantum mechanics and you're willing to tolerate the sheer bizarreness of it all, then definitely watch this. If I was still teaching physics I would absolutely show this to my students.

There is a lot missing from this series.. It attempts to join theory, belief and I wish and I think together to make things be as real. It is fun and thought provoking and hopefully sometime in the future more answers will come. But there needs a lot more for this to come to be fact and not theory and beliefs before we get too far along.

In episode one the host shows an experiment desinged to prove who was right about the fundemental nature or reality.. Einstein or Borh. Long story short, if 4 numbers generated by the experiment added to more than 2, Borh wins out. Less than 2, Einstein was right all along. The numbers were. .56 .82..Minus .59 and .56. He adds all four as positive integers and .. Ah Ha! Borh was right! The actual figure is 1.35.

I now need to add 600 more characters, but rather than bore you with my pretentious claptrap I will just say this is well worth watching, if you are a budding physicist, or like me, just an average bloke desperate for entertainment not aimed at the lowest common denominator, something to entertain, inform and maybe even spark a few old brain cells back to life.

This series is extremely well produced in that it piques your interest and maintains curiosity throughout. I thought it would take far longer than the 2 hour lecture, given most tutorials on Quantum Physics are very dry, convoluted or overly dense.

The approach using many real world examples in astronomy, biology, card games, lab experiments provide a constant reminder of how closely many scientific fields are related. The humor is dealt in small measure to keep the conversation light enough for breathing room to further comprehension.

High recommend for even casual viewing and an introspective of the many mysteries of the Universe. Bravo!!!