The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (7.1.7)

Question 1

How do you locate something?

Answer 1

• One locates things by detecting the photons that bounce off the object from a light source.

Question 2

What does the Heisenberg uncertainty principle state?

Answer 2

• The Heisenberg uncertainty principle states that the smaller the object the greater the relative uncertainty in knowing both the position and the momentum of
that object.