Quantum Science, Magic Demonstrations

In accordance with the United Nations-proclaimed 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, we have developed a series of macroscopic examples and demonstrations which behave in accordance with the physics of quanta. A way of understanding and observing the quantum mechanical behavior at the macroscopic scale, has been developed through a collaboration of a magician-educator and a physicist. In this presentation behaviors on the quantum scale will be illustrated and interpreted by making thoughtful use of magic to enlarge the scale of some of the most famous manifestations of quantum mechanics. For example, the concept of quantum tunneling which is not allowed by Classical Mechanics will be demonstrated through a macroscopic experiment. Other important features of quantum mechanics such as the uncertainty principle and entanglement that often defy simple explanations will also be demonstrated. This talk will end with a presentation, for the first time ever and observable to all on a macroscopic scale, an actual box containing the demonstration of the Schrödinger Cat experiment. Quantum Mechanic allows the cat to be simultaneously alive and dead. Yet, when one does the experiment and looks inside the box, one sees the cat either alive or dead, not both alive and dead. Is this possible? *Note: No live or dead cats will be used for the Schrödinger Cat demonstration.