Wave-particle duality
conclusion that quantum objects behave at times like particles and at times like waves
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A whirlpool can be generated by the interaction between a rock and a strong flow of water. This can be used as a metaphor for the wave-particle duality : like a photon, the whirlpool is the result of the interaction between a field (the river) and an object. -
Wave packet: a simple representation of the wave-particle duality -
Wave-particle duality metaphor
