![]() It took over half a century for quantum mechanics to start evolving from a purely physical theory, with implications even at the philosophical level, to a science with a deep impact on how we understand and process information the basis of our information technology. However, just as Maxwell’s equations of 1863 took a century to master and start flourishing in a widespread technology, it is also arguable that these applications of quantum mechanics are leading to a second quantum revolution that could shape, again, our society and economy. It is safe to say that a large amount of our economy is based on quantum technologies. The theory enables technologies such as: the transistor, the key component of our electronics and information science the laser, at the base of our communications simulations that have made possible our materials science, quantum chemistry and modern pharmacology. Since its early days in the 1920s it has not only contributed to our knowledge, but produced technological advances that completely changed our world and are at the basis of our society. ![]() Quantum mechanics was a revolution in our understanding of the world.
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