The Only Mystery of Quantum Mechanics
The Double Slit Experiment "It is absolutely impossible to explain in any classical way and has in it the heart of quantum mechanics. In reality, it contains the only mystery." - Richard Feynman The best way to develop an understanding of the way that quantum mechanics works, and the mysteries associated with it, is to examine the double-slit experiment. In essence, quantum mechanics is the study of all things small and how they behave, the quantum double slit experiment was performed to analyse how fundamental particles (electrons) behave when they are fired at two slits in a sheet of metal. What we mean by a fundamental particle is a tiny bit of matter that is not made up of any other kind of matter. The electron is a particle that "orbits" the nuclei of atoms, as far as we know atoms contain electrons, but electrons are not made up of anything - it has no parts. This description of the electron however lends itself to imagining the electron as a kind of tin
