A Simple Derivation Of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 01:40
in Physics & Chemistry
In his recent blog post "The World Is Not Woven From Real Stuff", Sascha Vongehr wrote: Some merely claim that we need quantum mechanics so that the electron does not fall into the atom’s nucleus. Any classical electric charge would spiral into the atom's nucleus. The material that they make up would collapse.... Well, how convincing is this argument? Does it convince you? It would not convince me without a severe dose of already knowing at least a bunch of electromagnetism. Why could there not be some other, more intuitive explanation of why atoms do not collapse? read more