Secrets of Quantum Physics
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Secrets of Quantum Physics

Season 1
Professor Jim AlKhalili reveals how Einstein thought hed found a fatal flaw in quantum physics that implies that subatomic particles can communicate faster than light The host of The Amazing World of Gravity and Everything and Nothing shows how robins navigate using quantum entanglement how our sense of smell is touched by quantum vibrations and how physics might play a role in evolution
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Einsteins Nightmare

    59min
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    Albert Einstein hated the idea that nature at its most fundamental level is governed by chance Professor Jim AlKhalili reveals how in the 1930s Einstein thought hed found a fatal flaw in quantum physics because it implies that subatomic particles can communicate faster than light in defiance of the theory of relativity
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  2. S1 E2 - Let There Be Life

    59min
    TV-14
    Can quantum mechanics explain the greatest mysteries in biology We look at the European Robin our human sense of smell and evolution to see how the most bizarre effects in physics like quantum entanglement or The Uncertainty Principle exist in and impact our natural world
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