Slides from my TEDxAlbany talk, December 3, 2015. The topic was showing the was that quantum-mechanical phenomena show up in mundane morning activities like making toast, waking to an alarm, and checking social media.

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Anyone who is not
shocked by quantum
theory has not
understood it.
-- Niels Bohr

5. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_Planck_1901.GIF

6. 6 quanta
3 quanta
2 quanta
1 quantum
0 quanta
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_Planck_1901.GIF

7. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Einstein_patentoffice_full.jpg

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12. Hydrogen
Helium
Carbon
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Spectra: Wikimedia Commons

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14. 9,192,631,770
oscillations
=1 second
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cesium_ampoule_in_acrylic_cube.jpg

15. Image: NIST

19. https://photos.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/photos/schrodinger-erwin-b9
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schrodingers_cat.svg

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21. Image: Pieter Kuiper
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broglie_Big.jpg

22. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Double-slit_experiment_results_Tanamura_2.jpg

23. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Double-slit_experiment_results_Tanamura_2.jpg

24. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Double-slit_experiment_results_Tanamura_2.jpg

25. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Double-slit_experiment_results_Tanamura_2.jpg

26. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Double-slit_experiment_results_Tanamura_2.jpg

27. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hydrogen_Density_Plots.png

35. Images: Wikimedia

41. |Ψ𝑡𝑡𝑡 > =
1
2
(|𝜓 𝐴 > ±|𝜓 𝐵 > )