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Quantum mechanics, relativity, and particle physics.
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Which tiny units of light act as both waves and particles?
Photons have no rest mass yet carry momentum. Their dual behavior allows them to interfere like waves and collide with matter like particles.
In evolutionary game theory, biologist John Maynard Smith described strategies that resist invasion by alternatives in populations as what?
John Maynard Smith coined "Evolutionarily Stable Strategy" in 1973 to describe population behaviors in game theory that resist takeover by rarer mutant alternatives, as seen in hawk-dove models of animal conflicts.
Game theory models the overuse of shared resources like pastures or fisheries, leading to ruin for all users, as what environmental paradox?
The Tragedy of the Commons, coined by Garrett Hardin in 1968, uses game theory to show how self-interested actions deplete shared resources like fisheries, harming everyone involved.
Which process links 2 particles so they share the same state across any distance?
Albert Einstein famously called this spooky action at a distance. Measuring one particle instantly determines the state of its partner, regardless of the distance between them.
Which scientist proposed a 1935 thought experiment involving a cat in a box?
Schrödinger devised the paradox to illustrate the absurdity of the Copenhagen interpretation, which implies a cat could be both alive and dead until observed.
Which rule states that observers cannot know a particle's exact position and speed at once?
Werner Heisenberg formulated this principle in 1927, showing that uncertainty is a fundamental property of nature rather than a limitation of our instruments.
Which physicist won a 1918 Nobel Prize for discovering that energy exists in small, separate packets?
Planck proposed that energy is emitted in discrete units called quanta. This discovery resolved the ultraviolet catastrophe and laid the foundation for quantum mechanics.