The Department of Physics and Astronomy will hold a screening March 13 of “What is Real? Six Short Films About Quantum Physics.” The screening will take place at 7 p.m. in 1002 Cruess Hall, followed by a Q&A.
The films were made by Professor John Terning, a theoretical physicist in the UC Davis Department of Physics and Astronomy and Professor Eric S. Swanson, Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh.
“We decided we wanted to try to explain quantum physics in a way that is friendlier to a YouTube generation,” Terning said.
The event is free and open to the public.
This article originally appeared on the UC Davis Egghead Blog.
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