Breakthrough Junior Challenge 2016 | Path Integral : Perhaps the Greatest Generalization in Physics

This is my entry in the Breakthrough Junior Challenge 2016. https://breakthroughjuniorchallenge.org

The most amazing thing about the Path Integral formulation is how it can simplify our perspective about the Universe. When we come to appreciate the basic idea of the Path Integral interpretation, it becomes so straightforward that all mechanisms of the Universe can be condensed in one sentence: “Nature tries all possibilities, but only the harmonious flourish.”

This topic is usually only discussed in graduate physics courses. Through this video, I want to share and encourage appreciation of this enlightening idea with viewers and hopefully simplify the way they see the interactions around them.

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The scientific concepts of this video are based on the following books:

- Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals by Richard Feynman & Albert Hibbs

- QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard Feynman (I recommend this book to young physics fans like me!)

- Genius by James Gleick
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