The Map of Quantum Physics

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Published 2020-07-31
This is the Map of Quantum Physics and quantum mechanics covering everything you need to know about this field in one image. Check out this video's sponsor brilliant.org/dos
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I’ve been fascinated with quantum physics and quantum mechanics for a very long time and I wanted to share the subject with you so I made this map of quantum physics to lay out the ideas within the subject, to set some bounds on it so you know its not endless and to introduce you to lots of concepts that if you are interested in them you can dig deeper. When you are approaching a subject like this that’s so complicated it can be quite challenging because you don’t know where to start and you don’t know how all the concepts relate to each other so hopefully this will put everything in context.

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All Comments (21)
  • @flymypg
    I'd love to see a clickable version of this image with links to the relevant videos.
  • @benkazimer8746
    Ive been so interested in quantum physics, so i got a phd in it. Such am amazing statement not that many people can say, especially as casual as he did.
  • @rv706
    I have a phd in math and I don't know much about quantum physics, but I recognized and 'understood' most of the tokens in the map. Surely, each expert will have their criticism about the map (maybe because it's too cursory about their own subdiscipline), but I found it very well done! Especially the fact that it's topology kind of actually makes sense, in terms of how the various "regions" touch each other.
  • @user-kr5in9wr1h
    If only schools embraced Domain of Science, Kurzgesagt and Brilliant... (and others such as minute earth, tier zoo, ted ed, et.c.)
  • @Akknights
    Thats the subject for which i was waiting forever.. Now its hereee!
  • @gama3181
    As biologist, i love It <3 The area of Quantum computing will help us in issues in genomics like genome assembly or protein folding !
  • @domainofscience
    Edit: The poster sales one DFTBA are working again. There was something wrong but it is all fixed now. Thanks for your patience and thanks so much for all the amazing feedback, you are all so nice! I'm having a week off right now, but will be back into video making after that, got lots of exciting ideas I can't wait to get my teeth into!😄
  • @avinandan7898
    Fabulous Edit :- next map - astronomy and astrophysics
  • @shatandv
    You're a legend, Dominic! Thank you so much for all these 'maps', they have been amazingly helpful in getting to know all these academic disciplines. And QM doubly so, it's really complicated.
  • @Cethavi
    This map doesn't include Quantum Physics used to fix game stories
  • @bparlan
    I just love this man and his channel, the way he is teaching. I need him to talk about GEB.
  • Excellent presentation! I am a neurologist with only Grade 12 level formal education in Physics. All the "popular science" videos that I had watched prior to yours tend to describe Quantum Mechanics in a sensational way and ultimately talk about how General Relativity fails at the quantum level. This was a great presentation because it covered so many practical applications of the various subfields of Quantum Mechanics and the stress appears to be on explaining the topics in an easy way rather than sensationalizing. Kudos to you!
  • @lesley1831
    20 minutes ago I was sure that my master's and career would be dedicated to geophysics (paleomagnetism, specifically), now I feel I'm back to where I began: Particle Physics. Oh boy, I feel like I'm cheating and want to get back to a toxic relationship.
  • @3dgar7eandro
    Not many people realize how instructive and useful this video actually is 👏👏👌👌
  • @najeebanks
    THANK YOU FROM 2022! Very comprehensive and made me happy to recognize a lot more than I expected before watching lol I choose Quantum studies as a lifetime hobby, and this did NOT disappoint my fascination with the entire realm of studies!
  • @andrew3939
    Finally a new one! I love these types of videos!
  • @mynameisbryanok
    Great video! You touched on a lot of concepts rarely talked about on YouTube. The lack of knowledge around high Tc superconductors and the mention of topological phase transition were awesome to see included. Only one I was hoping to see but didn't was topological superconductivity and our ideas in applying it quantum computing. I personally think it's our best shot at getting around that pesky decoherence, but hey I might be a little biased. You're 100% correct though around condensed matter being freaking endless. Awesome video I look forward to the next!
  • @tanujkumar1576
    Thank you so much for this initiative of yours, I hope all your videos get used more widely to show students the map of everything!