The Double Slit Experiment - Monthly(ish) Mailbag #4

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Jim Al-Khalili’s explanation of the double slit experiment sparked lots of questions: Jon has the answers. Would the double slit experiment work with sand? Does the detector need to make some physical signal? Does it mean that things can be in two places at once? What’s the difference between the observer effect and uncertainty principle? Watch Jim’s explanation here: https://youtu.be/A9tKncAdlHQ And watch his full lecture here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwgQVZju1ZM Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter #DoubleSlitExperiment, #QuantumPhysics, #ScienceMailbag, #PhysicsExplained, #MonthlyScienceChat

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