I never understood Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle...until now!

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I thought I had a pretty good grasp about the uncertainty principle. But, I was wrong. In this video let's try to rediscover what the uncertainty principle is really about, intuitvely!

Chapters:
00:00 Common explanation of the uncertainty principle
02:58 Wave-particle duality & quantum objects
05:40 Momentum of quantum objects
09:20 Simulations for quantum mechanics at Brilliant (ad)
10:31 Position of quantum objects
13:20 Building a quantum particle with perfect momentum
15:34 Rediscovering the uncertainty principle

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