Quantum Mechanics, The Physics of the Microscopic World

The View From 1900 (1x2)

Air date: Jan 01, 2009

You investigate the age-old debate over whether the physical world is discrete or continuous. By the 19th century, physicists saw a clear demarcation: Matter is made of discrete atoms, while light is a continuous wave of electromagnetic energy. However, a few odd phenomena remained difficult to explain.