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Yeah, the article says, "It was indeed one of the most important experiments in physics of all time". Presumably the "lesser known" applies to the lay public, w
by cratermoon 3y ago
Yeah, the article says, "It was indeed one of the most important experiments in physics of all time". Presumably the "lesser known" applies to the lay public, who know schrödinger's Cat (a thought experiment, not a lab one) and maybe the two-slit experiment. The concept of quantum spin and its demonstration is less well known to non-experts. I'm certainly no expert, but the concepts of spin, probability amplitudes, and bosonic vs fermionic behavior fascinate me.
- CamperBob2 3y agoTough call there, I'd probably rank Michelson-Morley ahead of the double slit, but could see room for disagreement.
- kadoban 3y ago> the lay public, who know schrödinger's Cat Even then, the vast majority only knows the _name_ of it and something about the cat being both living and dead. I doubt many people could even tell you it is an experiment, thought or otherwise.