Discovery of spin... but missed (Stern-Gerlach experiment, part 2)

To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit https://brilliant.org/JKzero/ and get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. Details of why the Stern-Gerlach experiment worked despite using the wrong theory, the series of coincidences that led to the correct results, and how they missed the discovered of spin. [Related videos] Stern-Gerlach Experiment (part I) This experiment confirmed quantum physics Franck-Hertz Experiment This experiment confirmed quantum energy l... Heisenberg and the German Bomb Heisenberg and the German Bomb The Stern-Gerlach Experiment (MIT Physics Instructional Resources Lab 1967)The Stern-Gerlach Experiment (ESI College ... Playlist video series on Quantum Physics Quantum Mechanics [Erratum] 07:17 there is a factor 1/2 missing on the right-hand-side of the energy conservation energy, it should say "3kT/2." Thanks to ‪@AbhishekVerma-xw3lz‬ for pointing this out. [Support my work] Buy me a coffee and support the channel: https://ko-fi.com/jkzero [References] ∘ W. Gerlach and O. Stern, "Der experimentelle Nachweis der Richtungsquantelung im Magnetfeld," Z. Phys. 9, 349 (1922) ∘ W. Gerlach and O. Stern, "Uber die Richtungsquantelung im Magnetfeld," Ann. Phys. 74, 673 (1924) ∘ O. Stern, "Ein Weg zur experimentellen Prüfung der Richtungsquantelung," Z. Phys. 7, 249 (1921) ∘ A. Einstein and P. Ehrenfest, “Quantentheoretische Bemerkungen zum experiment von Stern und Gerlach,” Z. Phys. 11:1, 31 (1922) [Credits] Otto Stern, public domain Walther Gerlach, public domain Wreckage of a German Albatross D. III fighter biplane, by Library of Congress, public domain Reichsbank, Geldauflieferungsstelle, by German Federal Archive, under CC-BY-SA 3.0 Otto Stern in the lab, AIP Goldman Sachs Tower, by J. Hałun, under CC BY 4.0 Goldman Sachs logo, by The Goldman Sachs Group, public domain Silver atom electron configuration, by G.Robson/Pumbaa under CC BY-SA 2.0 UK Alfred Landé, AIP Werner Heisenberg in 1924, by F. Hund, AIP Albert Einstein, public domain Stern-Gerlach Analyzer Sequential Series E2, by MJasK under CC BY-SA 4.0 Stern-Gerlach Analyzer Sequential Series E3, by MJasK under CC BY-SA 4.0 O-rings, by Sonett72, public domain Optical table including the vacuum chamber, by G.Morley under CC BY-SA 4.0 Damaged o'rings by Global O-Ring and Seal Reichsbahn, public domain Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, by Darekk2 under CC BY-SA 3.0 PET scan by Mart Productions https://www.pexels.com/video/a-patien... Oppenheimer and Rabu in the film "Oppenheimer," by Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures Schrödinger cat, by Koogid under CC BY-SA 3.0 AIP: American Institute of Physics, Emilio Segrè Visual Archives CC BY-SA 2.0 UK: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... CC BY 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... CC BY-SA 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...