Issue #23 - One of the most amazing consequences of quantization of the electromagnetic field is the appearance of the so called zero-point energy or the quantum vacuum. This is a direct consequence (mathematically speaking) of the fact that – in quantum mechanics – the electric and the magnetic fields become q-numbers and, unlike in classical physics, they can no longer be specified simultaneously (they do not commute).
If only we knew a tiny bit more than the tip of this huge iceberg of ignorance, we could have so much more!
Thank god? for people like you. 🤗