Our Goal: To use the power of the short films to bring other-worldly ideas quantum mechanics back down to earth
A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics
Max Planck introduced energy quantisation in his explanation of blackbody radiation
1900
1905
​Albert Einstein explained the photoelectric effect by treating light as composed of discrete quanta
Consistent mathematical framework for QM established:
-Heisenberg’s matrix mechanics
-Schrödinger’s wave mechanics.
1925
introduced. It predicts the results of measurements, without claiming to describe what particles are doing when they are not being observed.
1927
Louis de Broglie proposed particles have a definite positions, but are guided by a wave. This was an early form of a hidden-variable theory, meaning that aspects of reality are assumed to exist even if not directly observed
This indicated that classical, continuous descriptions of nature were inadequate at microscopic scales, and led to thedevelopment of a new field: Quantum Mechanics
Hugh Everett proposed the Many-Worlds interpretation. Upon measurement all possible outcomes occur, each in its own branch of the universe
David Bohm developed this idea into a complete theory, now known as pilot-wave or Bohmian mechanics.
1952
1957
1964
John Bell showed that any theory
based on local hidden variables must satisfy certain mathematical limits, now known as Bell’s inequalities.
​These limits made it possible to test competing interpretations experimentally.
Experiments carried out by John Clauser and later Alain Aspect
violated Bell’s inequalities.
1972
1982
These results ruled out a large class of local hidden-variable
theories and showed that any viable interpretation of quantum mechanics must involve either
non-local effects or a departure from classical ideas about reality.
John Cramer introduced the transactional interpretation. In this approach, quantum events are described using a time-symmetric process, where waves travel both forward and backward in
time to determine an outcome.
1986
IMBD was launched online, it is the world’s most widely used source for information on film, television, and celebrities.
1990
IMBD is designed to help audiences explore stories, compare works, and decide what to watch next. IMDb enables users to rediscover trailers and titles and to share evaluations and opinions with a large global community. We
think it is time physics had something similar.