Professor Don Lincoln

Positrons, antiprotons, and antineutrons are antimatter equivalents for electrons, protons, and neutrons, respectively. Each of these antimatter particles has an interesting story behind its discovery. […]

The story of revealing antimatter started with Einstein, continued with Paul Dirac, and concluded with Carl Anderson and his discovery using the cloud chamber. […]

John Bell’s experiment led him to devise a comparative study on quantum mechanics and the hidden variable theory. The inequality theory sheds light on the predictions of quantum entanglement along with Alain Aspect’s experiment. […]

The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics focuses on the wave function and quantum object, pointing out its existence in multiple states. However, the interpretation, tracing its roots in Eastern philosophy, was criticized by the contemporary researchers. […]

The quantum world, being different from our world, is guided by unique principles of probability. Researchers have proposed various theories to simplify quantum mechanics, but the concept gets stranger and complicated with every new theory. […]

With scientists continuously pushing themselves to widen their horizons of knowledge, newer particles were also discovered. The fundamental forces of nature, baryons, and quarks are some of the other concepts that were devised to understand the microcosm. […]

Even after Rutherford’s discovery of atomic nucleus, the structure felt incomplete until he discovered the protons. With the mass still not adding up, James Chadwick experimented and succeeded in discovering the neutrons. […]

While J. J. Thomson is hailed for his discovery of electrons, his student Ernest Rutherford holds the credit for another major discovery: the nucleus. His findings shed light not only on the structure of the atom, but also their size and volume. […]