Quantum physics just got less complicated

PhysOrg ^ | 12/19/14

[TexasGator]

I still have my old Bowmar. My first!

[nascarnation]

Very nice.
I lost my slide rule but I do have my Dad’s (RIP) a classic Pickett from the 1940s.

[skinkinthegrass]

HP-45yes..they did, no chicklet feel..just got a HP-50.
still liked the feel of the HP-25, very durable.

[faithhopecharity]

Yes well. The congress is neutered. The courts are under pretty firm control too. The media was in the tank from the ghit go. He’s fired all the experienced military leaders. He’s driven the workers down each year. He’s shipped billions to our sworn islamoNazi entries. He’s used the USAF to protect the islamoNazi nuclear missile factories, threatening war against anybody who might try to eliminate the danger. Etc. All the while attacking the church. So yes, it’s on track. You’re right about that. Biden would be an improvement.

[skinkinthegrass]

first, (bamboo) slide rule; then my first calculator, TI-1250
then I got smart/efficient..lazy, got an HP.

[TexasGator]

“still liked the feel of the HP-25, very durable.”

Got the 25C at the UofF Bookstore when it first came out. Finished the thermo final an hour early with it having preprogrammed some state equations.

Got the HP-67 when it came out.

[skinkinthegrass]

yeah..i loved that mag. cardreader (HP-67), truly a lifesaver, was glad
when HP-41 came out..*yay!* replaceable (Sci. :) modules.

[TexasGator]

"yeah..i loved that mag. cardreader (HP-67), truly a lifesaver, was glad when HP-41 came out..*yay!* replaceable (Sci. :) modules. "

In 1980 my company put this HP beauty on my desk. Complete with VisiCalc and printer/plotter.

[Diamond]

... Biden is at least not (so far as I know) an enemy agent working to subvert, undermine, or destroy America

No, he's an American working to subvert, undermine, or destroy America

Cordially,

[faithhopecharity]

Well I could say that’s an improvement. Sort of like cauliflower instead of broccoli

[dr_lew]

Yes, this reads like physics history. I recommend INTRODUCING QUANTUM THEORY, one of a series of INTRODUCING ... books ( there's a lot of them! ) and I think they're all pretty good, but I have a real affection for IQT. All these are in a sort of comic book format, sort of a coloring book, with black printing on stiff paper. But it is by no means "dumbed down" ... far from it! Terse, but not sketchy, it follows the year by year developments and the thinking of the personalities. I gained a lot of perspective and new insight from this book. It is worth study!

Anyway, the thinking of Our Heroes on the issue of wave/particle duality and uncertainty is given close scrutiny.

Can you name the "Big 9" on the cover ?

[SgtHooper]

I wish I was under 30. I knew I was off a decade or so. I was there and lived through it! But you got my point.

[skinkinthegrass]

we had one of those.."Our Popcorn Machine"

[editor-surveyor]

I used a HP 85 for a couple of years; it was a relief after the HP 10, and 9815.

[windsorknot]

I’m still trying to wrap my head around Schrödinger’s cat.

[Fightin Whitey]

Maybe you are going at it the wrong way?

[windsorknot]

Lol!