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formuchdeliberation<p>Sci.News: Physicists Develop Novel Quantum Theory of&nbsp;Gravity…</p><p>The new theory describes gravity in a way that’s compatible with the Standard Model of particle physics, opening the door to an improved understanding of how the Universe began... <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quantumtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantumtheory</span></a></p><p><a href="https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/sci-news-physicists-develop-novel-quantum-theory-of-gravity-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">formuchdeliberation.wordpress.</span><span class="invisible">com/2025/05/06/sci-news-physicists-develop-novel-quantum-theory-of-gravity-2/</span></a></p>
formuchdeliberation<p>Quantum particles alone can explain light interference patterns – Earth.com…</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Light</span></a> has fascinated scientists for generations. Many believed it had both wave and particle behavior, and this idea became central to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quantumtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantumtheory</span></a>...</p><p><a href="https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/quantum-particles-alone-can-explain-light-interference-patterns-earth-com-3/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">formuchdeliberation.wordpress.</span><span class="invisible">com/2025/05/05/quantum-particles-alone-can-explain-light-interference-patterns-earth-com-3/</span></a></p>
Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 <p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@maxplanckgesellschaft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>maxplanckgesellschaft</span></a></span> <br>🥥 Did Max Planck discover meth after discovering <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/QuantumTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTheory</span></a>? 🥥</p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/48674/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/48674/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> What does quantum theory really tell us about the nature of reality? <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumMechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumMechanics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTheory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft<p>Happy <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/QuantumDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumDay</span></a>, everyone! 😊 Discovering <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/quantumtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantumtheory</span></a> revolutionized <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> forever - and might even make your hair stand on end! 😉 <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/MaxPlanck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaxPlanck</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Quantum Milestones, 1964: John Stewart Bell Rings in New Era of Quantum Theory — <a href="https://physics.aps.org/articles/v18/53" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">physics.aps.org/articles/v18/53</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QuantumTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTheory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QuantumMilestones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumMilestones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnStewartBell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnStewartBell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhysicsHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhysicsHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewEra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewEra</span></a></p>
MPS Göttingen<p>Our model of the <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sun</span></a> (disassembled into two pieces) is on tour! From end of March until October it will be part of the exhibition “What the Quant?” at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://academiccloud.social/@forumwissengoe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>forumwissengoe</span></a></span> celebrating 100 years of <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/QuantumTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTheory</span></a>. Have a safe trip! <br><a href="https://www.forum-wissen.de/en/sonderausstellungen/quantum-exhibition/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forum-wissen.de/en/sonderausst</span><span class="invisible">ellungen/quantum-exhibition/</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://academiccloud.social/@thegoecampus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thegoecampus</span></a></span></p>
Preston MacDougall<p>Proposing violation of the 1st Law of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Thermodynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thermodynamics</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/QuantumPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumPhysics</span></a> (which its founder, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MaxPlanck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaxPlanck</span></a> explicitly avoided), was not the only time "Bohr got it wrong", but it was a doozy! See G. N. Lewis and any <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> textbook.</p><p>By the way, for <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/HistoryOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> John Dalton is the founder of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/QuantumTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTheory</span></a> because he correctly proposed the quantization of *mass* in the modern <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AtomicTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtomicTheory</span></a> that he introduced almost a century before Planck proposed the quantization of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a>.</p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Why even physicists still don’t understand quantum theory 100 years on<br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00296-9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-025</span><span class="invisible">-00296-9</span></a></p><p>* quantum mechanics depicts a counter-intuitive reality<br>* act of observation influences what is observed<br>* most successful important theory in modern physics<br>* wonderfully explains lasers, chemistry ... stability of matter ...<br>* singular feature of quantum theory: way we describe physical systems distinct f. what we see when we observe them</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QuantumMechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumMechanics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QuantumTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTheory</span></a></p>
Soh Kam Yung<p>"[I]n their 1924 paper Bohr and his colleagues argued that the discovery of the “quantum of action” might require the abandonment of nothing less than the first law of thermodynamics: the conservation of energy. [...] Bohr’s 1924 paper offers a lens through which to look at how the quantum revolution unfolded."</p><p><a href="https://physicsworld.com/a/when-bohr-got-it-wrong-the-impact-of-a-little-known-paper-on-the-development-of-quantum-theory/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">physicsworld.com/a/when-bohr-g</span><span class="invisible">ot-it-wrong-the-impact-of-a-little-known-paper-on-the-development-of-quantum-theory/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/QuantumTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTheory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/NielsBohr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NielsBohr</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scientists</span></a></p>
tomsharp<p>In 1925, mathematicians Heisenberg, de Broglie, and Schrödinger established wave-particle duality as the basis of quantum theory. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Quantum_mechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quantum_mechanics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/QuantumTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTheory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Heisenberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heisenberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/deBroglie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deBroglie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Schr%C3%B6dinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schrödinger</span></a> (<a href="https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1925b.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sharpgiving.com/thebookofscien</span><span class="invisible">ce/items/p1925b.html</span></a>)</p>
Soh Kam Yung<p>Fascinating.</p><p>"In a string of results over the past few years, researchers have shown that an idealized substance resembling two intermingled magnets can — in theory — maintain an orderly pattern no matter how hot it gets. The discovery might influence cosmology or affect the quest to bring quantum phenomena to room temperature."</p><p><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/heat-destroys-all-order-except-for-in-this-one-special-case-20250116/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">quantamagazine.org/heat-destro</span><span class="invisible">ys-all-order-except-for-in-this-one-special-case-20250116/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Magnetism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Magnetism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/QuantumTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTheory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heat</span></a></p>
Negative PID<p>Quantum computing is about to become a reality, and it's going to change how we function as a society. </p><p>If you don't know what it is, here's a complete overview: from its inception to future developments in all the key sectors of business, technology, and biology. </p><p><a href="https://negativepid.com/what-is-quantum-computing-from-einstein-to-the-2045-initiative-how-technology-could-reshape-humanity/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">negativepid.com/what-is-quantu</span><span class="invisible">m-computing-from-einstein-to-the-2045-initiative-how-technology-could-reshape-humanity/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quantumcomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantumcomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quantumphysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantumphysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quantumtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantumtheory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quantumcomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantumcomputers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2045initiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2045initiative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quantumapplications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantumapplications</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alberteinstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alberteinstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/avatars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>avatars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanconsciusness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanconsciusness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a><br><a href="https://negativepid.com/what-is-quantum-computing-from-einstein-to-the-2045-initiative-how-technology-could-reshape-humanity/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">negativepid.com/what-is-quantu</span><span class="invisible">m-computing-from-einstein-to-the-2045-initiative-how-technology-could-reshape-humanity/</span></a></p>
jbz<p>🤯 First demonstration of quantum teleportation over busy Internet cables<br>—Space Daily</p><p>「 Instead of particles physically traveling to deliver information, entangled particles exchange information over great distances - without physically carrying it 」</p><p><a href="https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/First_demonstration_of_quantum_teleportation_over_busy_Internet_cables_999.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spacedaily.com/reports/First_d</span><span class="invisible">emonstration_of_quantum_teleportation_over_busy_Internet_cables_999.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/quantumtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantumtheory</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/entanglement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entanglement</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@tg9541" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tg9541</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benroyce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>benroyce</span></a></span> I agree that ‘mechanisms’ in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> - aside from those in the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> or *currently* encoded by Law - is fraught with danger because they can be ‘weaponized’ by those with unnaturally accumulated resources, aka <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a>.</p><p>William Blake was right to decry the ‘clockwork universe’ that Isaac Newton imagined. Blake’s skepticism was later validated by Heisenberg’s uncertainty that is inherent in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/QuantumTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTheory</span></a>.</p><p>BUT(!) 1/n</p>
formuchdeliberation<p>How Soviet communist philosophy shaped postwar quantum theory | Aeon&nbsp;Essays…</p><p>The quantum revolution in physics played out over a period of 22 years, from 1905 to 1927. When it was done, the new theory of quantum mechanics had completely undermined the basis for our understanding of the material world... Aeon essays <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quantumtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantumtheory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/historyofscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historyofscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/philosophyofscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophyofscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/12/29/how-soviet-communist-philosophy-shaped-postwar-quantum-theory-aeon-essays/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">formuchdeliberation.wordpress.</span><span class="invisible">com/2024/12/29/how-soviet-communist-philosophy-shaped-postwar-quantum-theory-aeon-essays/</span></a></p>
M. Ní Sídach<p>Accidental Discovery That Black Holes Have a New Property - Quantum Pressure<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AntonPetrov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntonPetrov</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheoreticalPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheoreticalPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/QuantumTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTheory</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Thermodynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thermodynamics</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4iqjWxXKYk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=z4iqjWxXKY</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p>
formuchdeliberation<p>How Fast Is Quantum Entanglement? Scientists Clock the Speed of the Instantaneous…</p><p>Scientists have developed simulations to investigate the rapid processes of quantum theory, revealing insights into quantum entanglement and its formation... scitechdaily <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quantumscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantumscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quantumentanglement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantumentanglement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quantumtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantumtheory</span></a></p><p><a href="https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/10/25/how-fast-is-quantum-entanglement-scientists-clock-the-speed-of-the-instantaneous/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">formuchdeliberation.wordpress.</span><span class="invisible">com/2024/10/25/how-fast-is-quantum-entanglement-scientists-clock-the-speed-of-the-instantaneous/</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@keiran_rowell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keiran_rowell</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://photog.social/@Mopsi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mopsi</span></a></span> Stephen Salter, inventor of the wave-energy harnessing Salter’s duck 🦆, was also a member of Christopher Longuet-Higgins group in Edinburgh. <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Salter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephe</span><span class="invisible">n_Salter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenEnergy</span></a></p><p>His group at Cambridge was also very creative and diverse, including R. F. W. Bader who developed the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/QuantumTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTheory</span></a> of Atoms *In* Molecules. <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atoms_in_molecules" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atoms_</span><span class="invisible">in_molecules</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@keiran_rowell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keiran_rowell</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://photog.social/@Mopsi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mopsi</span></a></span> Speaking of the diverse interests covered by students of theoretical <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> , the 2013 <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/NobelPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NobelPrize</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> was shared by Peter Higgs for his proposal of the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/HiggsBoson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HiggsBoson</span></a> to explain the basis of mass in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/QuantumTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTheory</span></a>. Christopher Longuet-Higgins was *also* the Ph.D. advisor of Higgs at <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edinburgh</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Scientific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scientific</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genealogy</span></a> 🌳</p>