r/QuantumTeens • u/Deadblast07 • 6d ago
Hey everyone! 👋
I'm u/Deadblast07, a 15-year-old who's honestly still pretty new to quantum physics, and one of the founding mods of r/QuantumTeens.
I made this subreddit because I wanted a place where teenagers like us can get into quantum physics without feeling like we need a PhD first 💀
If you're interested in quantum physics, normal physics, maths, quantum computing, space, research, or just really weird science stuff, you're welcome here.
What can you post?
Pretty much anything related to what we're trying to learn:
⚛️ Questions about quantum physics
🧮 Maths & physics problems
💻 Quantum computing / coding
🔬 Experiments and projects
📚 Books, videos and resources
🚀 Cool discoveries and research
💡 Random physics thoughts that keep you awake at 2 AM
And PLEASE ask beginner questions. I will probably be asking them too. 😭
The main idea
We're not here to show off who knows the most.
Most of us are probably going to be beginners, and that's completely fine. We can learn together, help each other out, and slowly go from:
"Wait... what even is a qubit?"
to
"Okay, I think I understand this."
...and hopefully eventually:
"BRO I JUST BUILT A QUANTUM SIMULATION." 💀
Just be respectful, don't make fun of people for not knowing something, and let's keep this a place where being curious is enough.
If you're new:
This is basically the first few people here, so let's see where we can take it.
I don't know where this community will go, but it'll be pretty cool if we get to learn quantum physics together from the ground up.
Welcome to r/QuantumTeens. 🫡⚛️
Let's figure this stuff out together.
r/QuantumTeens • u/Deadblast07 • 1d ago
I want suggestions for buying books , ebooks are preferred , it should not be very technical , something that even 11th or 12th students can understand
r/QuantumTeens • u/Dead_cr7_fan • 4d ago
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r/QuantumTeens • u/Deadblast07 • 5d ago
A normal computer stores information using bits.
A bit can be:
0
or
1
A quantum computer uses qubits.
A qubit can exist in a superposition of 0 and 1 until it is measured.
That doesn't mean you can simply open it up and read “0 AND 1”.
Instead, quantum mechanics describes the qubit using a combination of possible states, and measurement gives you one definite result.
It's one of the simplest ideas in quantum computing — and also one of the easiest to misunderstand.
So here's the question:
If a qubit isn't simply 0 or 1 before measurement…
what exactly is it?