The Map of Quantum Physics

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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Big shoutout to everyone who gave me feedback on twitter about the poster and a special thank you to Sarah Johnson and Chris Ferrie for their excellent fact checking.

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[flymypg]

I'd love to see a clickable version of this image with links to the relevant videos.

[benkazimer]

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.

[rv]

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.

[Akknights]

Thats the subject for which i was waiting forever..
Now its hereee!

[gama]

As biologist, i love It <3 The area of Quantum computing will help us in issues in genomics like genome assembly or protein folding !

[krinwrh]

If only schools embraced Domain of Science, Kurzgesagt and Brilliant...
(and others such as minute earth, tier zoo, ted ed, et.c.)

[bparlan]

I just love this man and his channel, the way he is teaching. I need him to talk about GEB.

[avinandan]

Fabulous

Edit :- next map - astronomy and astrophysics

[tanujsaaraswat]

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!

[ScopeofScience]

Nice! The green-screen bit looks great! :)

[remitoinfinity]

Brilliant! Teachers keep teaching from lessons to lessons but never explain how they are related together. This is exactly what every student needs. Do you have a map like this for other fields of physics??

[alanfoss]

Tremendous video. I'm trying to self-study the realm of quantum theory(ies) as a hobby and couldn't see the forest for the trees. This map cleared up how the various topics are connected, giving me a mental organizer. Thank you!

[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!😄

[dgareandro]

Not many people realize how instructive and useful this video actually is 👏👏👌👌

[Cethavi]

This map doesn't include Quantum Physics used to fix game stories

[enriquellerena]

Drinking game: take a shot for every time he says "quantum".

[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.

[chrisitangonzaga]

It's such as a beautiful map. Thank you for your contribution to science

[lesley]

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.

[niceposter]

I'm 13 and I think this explain it perfectly and thankfully it makes it so easy to understand. thank you.