Understand Quantum Physics

Just because it seems like something you should be able to understand without knowing any math.

Math sucks.

Life.

this will aid me in my time travel endeavor

In view of Feynmans quote “I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics”, it may seem pretentious to say that I have done this. In order to understand Quantum Physics, one needs however to approach it simply, looking for very simple situations where quantum laws hold. There are some unexplored analogies where behaviour of ordinary objects give insight in the quantum evolution law and in the probability amplitude.
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Making_sense_of_quantum_mechanics

see also my blog: http://commonsensequantum.blogspot.com/

I’m getting some of the concepts, but a few things elude me, especially quantum circuity, and quantum entanglement. Oh, and tunnelling. Just doesn’t make sense!

I’ve got cheered on this goal, so I feel an obligation to explain something. Phrasing of this goal is probably not fortunate one, I do not believe I can really comprehend quantum physics with details. But I will try to “get a drift” (wow, I found new and nice expression in my mac’s dictionary). So far I downloaded “Modern Theoretical Physics: Quantum Entanglement Course” by Leonard Susskind from Stanford University (you can get in on iTunes) – I hope it will help.

I’ve had a good row with this. I recommend reading anything Feynman has to offer on the subject, supplemented with any graphic-heavy documentaries or over-imaginative modern trash you can scrounge up. I’m working on strings theory at the moment, I’m having a little trouble with the tensors in a few of the equations. Once I’ve mastered strings I’ll move on to what I really want to learn – Supersymmetry.

without becoming a physicist

I now have a copy of Roger Penrose’s “The Road to Reality” which when I understand it all ,should do the trick.
Unfortunately, by page 50, my math is already struggling!

i watched “what the bleep do we know” today for about the fourth time and i’m really taking it in. the subject matter is so incredibly fascinating to me and i just want to dive headfirst into the rabbit hole. i want to find some good books that are still easy reads.. i think i’ll raid borders on saturday.