uncertainty principle | has implication the microscopic realm is a roiling frenzy, awash in a violent sea of quantum fluctuations. | ![has source: Greene, B. 1999 The Elegant Universe, W.W. Norton and Co., New York, 2001-09-27 09:33:54.0 has source: Greene, B. 1999 The Elegant Universe, W.W. Norton and Co., New York, 2001-09-27 09:33:54.0](facet.gif) |
has corollary it is impossible to measure an atomic or nuclear process without at the same time disturbing or altering the process. | ![has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:54.0 has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:54.0](facet.gif) |
has equation Relation | Conjugates |
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ΔxΔp ≥ h | position, momentum | ΔEΔt ≥ h | energy, time |
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has synonym Heisenberg uncertainty principle | ![has source: Lightman, A., Brawer, R. 1990 The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists, Harvard University Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:54.0 has source: Lightman, A., Brawer, R. 1990 The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists, Harvard University Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:54.0](facet.gif) |
has discoverer Werner Heisenberg | ![has source: Greene, B. 1999 The Elegant Universe, W.W. Norton and Co., New York, 2001-09-27 09:33:54.0 has source: Greene, B. 1999 The Elegant Universe, W.W. Norton and Co., New York, 2001-09-27 09:33:54.0](facet.gif) |
has example the uncertainty in the measurement of the position of an electron varies inversely as the uncertainty in the measurement of its momentum. | ![has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:54.0 has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:54.0](facet.gif) |
has definition The principle that the fundamental uncertainty in a variable times that in its canonical conjugate is of the order of Planck's constant. | ![has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:54.0 has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:54.0](facet.gif) |
is an instance of quantum law | ![2001-09-27 09:33:54.0 2001-09-27 09:33:54.0](facet.gif) |
quantum law | has domain quantum mechanics | ![2001-09-27 09:33:54.0 2001-09-27 09:33:54.0](facet.gif) |
theory | has validity correct or incorrect with caveats | ![2001-09-27 09:33:53.0 2001-09-27 09:33:53.0](facet.gif) |
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has date or a range of dates for which the theory was active | ![2001-09-27 09:33:53.0 2001-09-27 09:33:53.0](facet.gif) |