The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics (46 page)

Lane, Margo

Lang, Fritz

laptop computers

laser discs

lasers

laws of motion.
See also
Newtonian mechanics

lead

leakage effect

Lee, Stan

Legion of Superheroes

Leinster, Murray

Lenard, Philipp

Lewis, Gilbert

Ley, Willy

Libby, Willard F.

lie detectors

light.
See
atomic-light-emission spectra; light, speed of; photons

light, speed of

and beta rays

and cosmic rays

as fundamental constant

and momentum of particles

and particle accelerators

and particle spin

and photons

and quarks

and radioactive decay

and refraction

and relativity theory

and travel in science fiction

and wavelength frequency

light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

Lightning Lad

line spectra.
See
atomic-light-emission spectra

linear algebra

linear equations

linear momentum

liquid crystal displays (LCDs)

liquid nitrogen

lithium

Litvinenko, Alexander

London Underground

Lorentz, Hendrik

lotteries

macroscopic quantum states

magnetic dipoles

magnetic fields

and diamagnetism

and electron spin

and the exclusion principle

and levitating trains

and particle spin

and quantum entanglement

and spin

and transistors

and visible light

magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Magneto

Maiman, Theodore H.

The Man of Bronze
(Dent)

Manhattan Project

Manning, Glenn

many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics

Marvel Comics

mass

mass-energy equivalency

Masuoka, Fujio

materials science

mathematics

matrix algebra

matter waves.
See also
de Broglie matter waves; quantum mechanical wave functions; Schrödinger wave functions

Maxwell, James Clerk

Maxwell’s equation

“measurement problem,” xv

medicine

and laser surgery

and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET)

metals.
See also specific materials

microscopes, optical

microwave radiation

Millikan, Robert

miniaturization

Minneapolis, Minnesota

mirrors

Misner, Charles

mobile phones

momentum.
See also
intrinsic angular momentum (spin)

and de Broglie waves

and the exclusion principle

and matter waves

“momentum space,”

and Planck’s constant

and the uncertainty principle

and wave functions

monopoles

monsters

Moore, Alan

Moore, Gordon

Moore’s Law

More Than Human
(Sturgeon)

motion pictures

Müller, Karl

multiverse theory

Murdoch, Peter

mutually assured destruction (MAD)

My Dream Is Yours
(1949)

The Mysterious Island
(Verne)

n-type semiconductors

Nagasaki, Japan

nanogenerators

nanotechnology

National Allied Periodicals

Nautilus
(submarine)

neon

nerds

neutrinos

neutrons

and “cold fusion,”

discovery of

internal angular momentum

and “intrinsic field,”

and isotopes

and leakage effect

and nuclear fission

and particle decay

and particle spin

and radioactivity

and the strong force

Newton, Isaac

Newtonian mechanics

nitrogen

Nobel Prize in Physics

and Bose-Einstein condensates

and carbon 14 dating

and Cerenkov radiation

and giant magnetoresistance

and Heisenberg’s matrices

and high-temperature superconductivity

and photoelectric effect

and the Schrödinger equation

noble gases

nonlinear equations

Nowlan, Philip Francis

Noyce, Robert

nuclear forces.
See also
strong force; weak force

nuclear isotopes

nuclear magnetic fields

nuclear reactions

and Cerenkov radiation

and fission

and power generation

in the sun

and waste products

nuclear weapons

and computers

and fusion reactions

kinetic energy of

and science fiction

in science fiction

and World War II,

Nucleon automobile

nucleons

Oberth, Hermann

observation

Ohl, Russell

oil slicks

orbits

organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)

Osterman, Jonathan.
See
Dr. Manhattan

Otto, Nikolaus

oxygen

ozone layer

p-type semiconductors

Palmer, Ray

parallel universes

Paris in the Twentieth Century
(Verne)

particle accelerators

particle decay

Pauli, Wolfgang

Pauli exclusion principle

periodic table of the elements

personal electronics devices.
See also
consumer electronics

pharmaceuticals

photodetectors

photoelectric effect

photography

photons

and energy levels

interaction with electrons

and lasers

and LEDs

and magnetic resonance imaging

and particle-wave duality

and quantum states

quantum theory of

radioactivity

and relativity

and spin

and uncertainty principle

and visible light

The Physics of Superheroes
(Kakalios)

piezoelectrics

pilot waves

Planck, Max

Planck’s constant (h)

Planter X,

Plattner, Gottfried

“Plattner’s Story” (Wells)

plutonium

polarity and polarization

polonium

popular culture.
See also
science fiction

position of particles.
See also
uncertainty principle

positrons

potential (V)

power plants

power sources

prediction.
See also
probability

prime number

probability

proportionality

protons

and fusion

internal angular momentum

and “intrinsic field,”

and leakage effect

and magnetic resonance imaging

and particle accelerators

and particle spin

and radioactivity

and the Schrödinger equation

and the strong force

and transmutation

psi (Ψ)

and linear equations

and matter wave equation

and nonlinear equations

and spin=0 particles

and two-electron wave functions

pulp magazines.
See
science fiction

quantum computers

quantum entanglement

quantum mechanical tunneling

and “cold fusion,”

and computer hard drives

and fusion

and radioactive half life

and reflection

and semiconductor diodes

and teleportation

and two-electron wave functions

quantum mechanical wave functions.
See also
de Broglie matter waves

quantum numbers

quantum states

and energy levels

and glow-in-the-dark materials

and lasers

and Schrödinger equation

and semiconductors

and transistors

quarks

quartz

radar

radiation.
See also specific particle types

Cerenkov radiation

discovery of

film depiction of

interference with electronics

and nuclear waste

and phosphorescence

and radioactive decay

and science fiction

radio

radium

radon

“The Reason for Antiparticles” (Feynman)

rechargeable batteries

rectifiers

reflection

refraction

Reich, Ben

relativity

“The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes” (Wells)

Remington Rand

remote controls

“A Rescue from Jupiter,”

resistance

resistors

reverse beta decay

“The Rise of Scientification” (Gernsback)

Robbins, June

robots

Robur the Conqueror
(Verne)

rocket packs.
See also
jet packs

rocket science

Roentgen, William

Rogers, Anthony (Buck Rogers),
See
Buck Rogers

Rooney, Mickey

Roosevelt, Franklin

Rutherford, Ernest

Savage, Clark, Jr. (Doc Savage)

scattering experiment

Schawlow, Arthur L.

Schrödinger, Erwin

and de Broglie matter waves

and development of quantum mechanics

and formal quantum theory

and matter-wave hypothesis

and particle spin

and the periodic table

Schrödinger wave functions

and the exclusion principle

and properties of materials

and quantum mechanical tunneling

and wave functions

Schrödinger’s equation

described

and Dr. Manhattan

and linear equations

and matter wave equation

and quantum states

and semiconductors

and the uncertainty principle

science fiction.
See also specific titles and characters

and
Amazing Stories

American and European

and angular momentum

and atomic energy

and Doc Savage

as inspiration for scientists

and magnetism

and nuclear power

and nuclear weapons

and parallel universes

and predictions of the future

and transporters

and video transmission

and X-ray vision

scientific method

scintillometers

scope of quantum mechanics’ impact

Seaton, Dick

Second Law of Thermodynamics

Secret Service Operator No. 5
,

“Secrets of Atom Valley,”

Seduction of the Innocent
scare

semiconductors

and data storage

described

and particle spin

semiconducting diodes

semiconductor transistors

and solid-state physics

and thermoelectrics

and transistors

The Shadow

Shuster, Joe

Siegel, Jerry

silicon

silver

“The Skylark of Space” (Smith)

Smith, E. E.

Smithsonian Institute

smoke detectors

sociological predictions

Soddy, Frederick

sodium

Solar, Philip

solar energy

solid-state physics.
See also
diodes; lasers; semiconductors; superconductors; transistors

soot

space program

space travel

Special Theory of Relativity

spectrograms

spectrum of light.
See also
atomic-light-emission spectra

spin.
See
intrinsic angular momentum (spin)

spin transport electronics (spintronics)

standard deviation

standing waves

Star Trek
(television)

Stark, Tony

statistics.
See also
probability

Stern, Otto

storage media

Strassmann, Fritz

“Streamers of Death,”

string theory