Elizabethtown College Professor of Physics Mark Stuckey, Professor of Mathematics Tim McDevitt, and Professor of Philosophy Michael Silberstein recently published a paper continuing their research on their quest to understand quantum mechanics.<\/p>\n
The three Etown professors previously explained quantum entanglement using the relativity principle in a Scientific Reports article<\/a> that was published in September 2020. In this follow-up paper, \u201cNo Preferred Reference Frame at the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics<\/a>,\u201d their goal was to determine if the relativity principle might appear at the foundation of quantum mechanics, thereby explaining all of quantum mechanics. In their most recent paper, they show that it does.<\/p>\n Throughout the past 17 years that the professors have worked together, Stuckey has always enjoyed their ability to draw on each other\u2019s expertise. He believes expertise in physics, math, and philosophy is all needed to do their work.<\/p>\n \u201cQuantum mechanics is the basis for most of today\u2019s science and technology, e.g., astrophysics, computer hardware, nanotechnology, chemistry, and molecular biology,\u201d said Stuckey. \u201cThus, to fully understand today\u2019s scientific worldview, one needs to understand quantum mechanics. Since we all teach courses related to the scientific worldview, we are all motivated to try and understand quantum mechanics.\u201d<\/p>\n