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Magic Without Lies

Cosmos · Season 3 · Episode 9
In the counterintuitive realm of quantum mechanics, light can be two contradictory things (a wave and a particle), and somehow — no one knows how — an unseen observer can alter the nature of reality. Meet Thomas Young, the man who stumbled upon this hole in reality and the still-unfolding technological revolution it made possible.

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Season
3
Episode
9
Air Date
06/Apr/2020
Air Time
20:00
Runtime
60 min

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In the counterintuitive realm of quantum mechanics, light can be two contradictory things (a wave and a particle), and somehow — no one knows how — an unseen observer can alter the nature of reality. Meet Thomas Young, the man who stumbled upon this hole in reality and the still-unfolding technological revolution it made possible.

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