Happy 100th Birthday, Quantum Mechanics!

• Autores: Gary White
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 63, Nº. 1, 2025, págs. 4-5
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This image signals that this contribution is a featured part of the special collection on “Quantum Science and Technology in the Introductory Physics Classroom.” It is hard for me to believe that quantum mechanics is being celebrated as a century old this year! We physicists still tend to call it a branch of “modern physics,” but I wonder how long that name will survive? Last June, the United Nations acknowledged this benchmark and officially declared 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. The Physics Teacher joined the festivities by issuing a call for papers on “Quantum Science and Technology in the Introductory Physics Classroom” with an eye toward publishing a special collection on the topic.