Introduction to the series "Understanding quantum mechanics".
Channel: Edwin Steiner
Date: 2021-08-09

This video introduces my series "Understanding Quantum Mechanics".
I say a few words about why I think this series is needed and
what its intended scope is. In the second half, I recommend a few
books to use along with my videos. Some important comments
about materialism / realism versus the scientific worldview
and about the meaning of "physical" conclude the introduction.

Note: For our purposes, "materialism" and "realism" have the same
meaning, which is specified in the working definition presented in this video.

=== CONTENTS ===

Intro: (00:00)
Why: Technical material (02:19)
Why: Popular material (03:59)
Summary: (06:46)
Support: (07:10)
Scope of this series: (07:24)
Book recommendations: (08:03)
Science vs. materialism: (09:56)
Meaning of "physical": (13:20)
Conclusion: (14:45)

=== LINKS ===

Support me on SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/edwinsteiner

My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/EdwinSteiner
Physics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaMCxumvPhAFb6JEmIDQx3w7XaN0p_YJ2

Link to episode 1: https://youtu.be/85TUPcL7aWQ
Link to episode 2: https://youtu.be/7C0ggtMLRFs
Link to episode 3.1: https://youtu.be/S6Z4FILJVzM
Link to the video "The Meaning of Plus in Quantum Mechanics": https://youtu.be/HOjM3t7HGIk

Feynman Lectures online: https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/

3Blue1Brown's "Essence of Linear Algebra": https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2xVFitgF8hE_ab

Notes: https://github.com/edwinst/understanding_qm

Some context on Einstein's "spooky action" quote: https://hsm.stackexchange.com/a/11319

=== MUSIC CREDITS ===

"The Rocket" by Wintergatan
This track can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.net 
Free License to use this track in your video can be downloaded at www.wintergatan.net

=== IMAGE CREDITS ===

Feynman diagrams image:
Original diagrams were taken from FIG 1 in:
Shouhua Zhu, Next-to-leading order QCD corrections to bg → tW− at the CERN Large Hadron Collider,
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0109269v5
Image modified (ES).

Cosmic Microwave Background image:
Original image in "Planck’s view of the cosmic microwave background":
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2018/07/Planck_s_view_of_the_cosmic_microwave_background
ESA, Planck Collaboration
Image modified (ES).

Abell 370 cluster image:
https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2018/39/4229-Image.html?keyword=ultra%20deep&news=true
NASA, ESA, A. Koekemoer (STScI), M. Jauzac (Durham University), C. Steinhardt (Niels Bohr Institute), and the BUFFALO team

Library image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:13-11-02-olb-by-RalfR-03.jpg
(C) Ralf Roletschek / Roletschek.at
"Science library of Upper Lusatia in Görlitz, Germany."
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
Image modified (ES).

Krusty, the Clown as Pennywise image:
Selene Malfavon
Instagram: @art_of_selene
Used per kind permission.
https://www.instagram.com/art_of_selene/?hl=en
Original downloaded from: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/32/9f/95/329f9511d1e5230f50e0088a082e8543.jpg
Image modified (ES).

"SUPERPOSITION" illustration:
https://www.nist.gov/image/superpositiongif
N. Hanacek, NIST

Artist's concept of quantum entanglement image:
Used many times, for example in: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chinese-researchers-achieve-stunning-quantum-entanglement-record/
Mark Garlick, GettyImages