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See a demonstration explaining the wave-particle duality of an electron
The discovery of light's wave-particle duality
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View an animation explaining how small things like electrons and protons can behave like particles and sometimes like waves
A lesson on how small things, like electrons and protons, can behave like both a...
Video: © MinutePhysics (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
See a demonstration explaining the wave-particle duality of an electron
A demonstration of the wave-particle duality of an electron.
Video: © MinutePhysics (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
The discovery of light's wave-particle duality
Learn about Thomas Young's double-slit experiment that challenged Isaac Newton's...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
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