
Quantum Mechanics: The Physics of the Microscopic World
Standing Waves and Stable Atoms
Educational · Jun 1, 2020 · 30 min The Great Courses Signature Collection
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S1, E5: You explore the mystery of why atoms are stable. Niels Bohr suggested that quantum theory explains atomic stability by allowing only certain distinct orbits for electrons. Erwin Schrödinger discovered a powerful equation that reproduces the energy levels of Bohr's model.
Educational · Jun 1, 2020 · 30 min