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The First Quantum Field Theory
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Quantum mechanics is perhaps the most unintuitive theory ever devised. And yet it’s also the most successful, in terms of sheer predictive power. Simply by following the math of quantum mechanics, incredible discoveries have been made. Its wild success tells us that the mathematical description provided by quantum mechanics reflects deep truths about reality.
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Nuclei are held together by a quirk of nature, without which there’d be nothing.

16:29
Your motion through the universe is extremely complicated, so let’s figure it out!

14:47
Could there silicon-based life beyond Earth?

17:33
If you believe the Mathematical Universe Hypothesis then yes. And so are you.

15:32
Learn more about the time when the moon didn’t exist, and then hours later suddenly did.

15:19
We explore Supercritical Fluids and how being "in the between" is their superpower.

15:31
These are particles you may not even heard of!

12:53
We study the most bizarre known particles.

16:13
We explore if it's really possible that new elements exist beyond the periodic table.

15:30
Let’s see how if alien civilizations will ever reach us.

14:40
Quantum Entanglement reveals that the universe is stranger than we thought.

15:29
We explain how The Standard Model of particle physics works!