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What is the main focus of quantum physics?
Which physicist proposed that energy is quantized in discrete packets or 'quanta' when explaining blackbody radiation?
What concept did Albert Einstein introduce when explaining the photoelectric effect?
Why did quantum physics emerge in the early 20th century?
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What did Niels Bohr's quantum model of the hydrogen atom successfully explain?
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What idea led to the development of wave mechanics?
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What did Erwin Schrödinger's wave equation describe?
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Which principle states that it's impossible to simultaneously know with absolute precision both the position and momentum of a particle?
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What does the time-dependent Schrödinger equation describe?
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What is the central equation in quantum mechanics?
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What do quantum computers leverage to perform certain computations exponentially faster than classical computers?
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What do quantum sensors achieve?
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What does quantum key distribution offer?
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What has research in quantum materials led to the development of?
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What does quantum physics represent in our understanding of the physical world?
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What is the reduced Planck constant denoted by?
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