the exotic physics of an ordinary morning

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Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it. -- Niels Bohr

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6 quanta

3 quanta

2 quanta

1 quantum

0 quanta

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Hydrogen

Helium

Carbon

Nitrogen

Oxygen

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9,192,631,770 oscillations

=1 second

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Image: Pieter Kuiper

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