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The Stern-Gerlach experiment was the first detection of quantum spin, except we didn’t know it for 4 years. At the time, we didn’t even know quantum spin was a thing.
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Spinors Explained:
Schrodinger’s Equation:
What is Quantum Spin?
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SOURCES
Stern and Gerlach Paper:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01326983 (German)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.11343 (English)
Uhlenbeck and Goudsmit Story:
https://www.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl/history/Einstein_archive/Rowdy_Boeyink_website/images/Uhlenbeck.pdf
https://www.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl/history/spin/goudsmit.html
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TIME CODES
00:00 Intro
01:03 Angular Momentum
02:09 Stern-Gerlach Experiment
03:38 Experiment Results
04:55 Schrodinger Breaks Everything
07:01 Quantum Spin
08:01 Closing Thoughts
08:28 Supporter Shoutout
08:51 Featured Comment
