Once upon a time, there was Quantum Mechanics. And no one understood it. We still don't, really... It's near-impossible to get to grips with this stuff, but that doesn't stop physicists from trying. So this week, we're going to join them in their attempt to comprehend the incomprehensible. Or at least wallow around in some gentle confusion for a bit. I thought it'd be the perfect way to end.

In Episode 6 of Physics for Phiish, Dr. Pete Evans tells us the Story of Quantum Mechanics: what it is, where it came from, and whether we really live in a multiverse.

If you have questions about anything in this podcast, email them to physics4phiish@gmail.com or tweet me at @MansfieldLizzy. I will try and answer them, in every possible world.

Physics for Phiish is generously supported by the Arts Council. That was nice of them.

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Can you see it? No. Can you touch it? No. Does it make up most of the universe? Yes? Then it might be Dark Energy! I'm Lizzy Mansfield, a blob of matter seeking other matters to get excited about. And this week's matter is dark... very dark. Dark Matter. In Episode 5 of Physics for Phiish, I ask Dr. Scott Melville about the Universe's weirdest thing... that might not even be a thing at all.

If you have questions about anything in this podcast, email them to physics4phiish@gmail.com or tweet me at @MansfieldLizzy. Or just yell your questions into the abyss (I will not answer them).

Physics for Phiish is generously supported by the Arts Council. That was nice of them.

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Thermodynamics. What even is that? You're in the right corner of the universe to find out. I'm Lizzy Mansfield, a clothes-wearing particle cluster, on a mission to feed my curiosity with fundamental physics. And sometimes plant food. This week on Physics for Phiish, I chat to Dr. Katie Robertson about all things THERMO and DYNAMICAL. Why won't my bedroom tidy itself? And what's the temperature of a black hole?

If you have questions about anything in this podcast, email them to physics4phiish@gmail.com or tweet me at @MansfieldLizzy. You really should. I'll get lonely otherwise.

Physics for Phiish is generously supported by the Arts Council. That was nice of them.

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