Inside an Atom: How Quantum Rules Make the World Feel Solid

Описание: You stand on a floor that feels solid—but physics says atoms are mostly empty space. So what, exactly, is stopping you from falling through? In this deep-dive episode of The Science Audit, Rowan K. Mercer traces “solidity” from floorboards to electron clouds to the Pauli Exclusion Principle, revealing how the firmness of your world is less about hard matter and more about quantum rules—rules strong enough to hold up white dwarfs and neutron stars.

Main Video Chapters:
00:00 If we can explain a floor...
04:39 Something else is shaping the feel...
07:00 Here’s where we meet one of...
09:18 In quantum mechanics if the allowed...
13:36 This is where the Pauli Exclusion...
14:58 It’s an emergent phenomenon something that...
16:16 The combined quantum and electromagnetic rules...
17:44 It’s the practically unbreakable consequence of...
20:33 In neutron stars matter becomes a...
22:20 If you want to keep going...

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👋Hi! I'm Rowan K. Mercer, Quantum Physicist and Interdisciplinary Researcher.

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