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probability wave

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probability wave
A quantum state of a particle or system, as characterized by a wave propagating through space, in which the square of the magnitude of the wave at any given point corresponds to the probability of finding the particle at that point. Mathematically, a probability wave is described by the wave function, which is a solution to the wave equation describing the system.
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He goes on to discuss special and general relativity, probability waves, quantum entanglement, gravity, and the Big Bang, with humour and beautiful clarity, always searching for the most vivid imagery, as when he notes that if you could squeeze all the space out of atoms, the whole of the human race would fit into a sugar cube; or describes, in a poignant moment, the mass being lost by the Sun every second as "the equivalent of a million elephants".
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