PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 8 - Measurement and Compensation

02/07/2015 42 min
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 8 - Measurement and Compensation

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Episode Synopsis


Jim and Randy discuss how "compensation forces" allow measurements of non-canonical variables without the difficulties discovered in the previous episode. They also discuss why some very important concepts of classical physics -- velocity and the electric field -- are not canonical.