Can you help build a collection of fascinating links explaining quantum mechanics in terms the average person can grasp?

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answer:Everything has a “for dummies” page. It’s all Greek to me, but they tried! http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/quantum-physics-for-dummies-cheat-sheet.html They also have a book… Of course. I found it on Amazon… of course. http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Physics-Dummies-Steve-Holzner/dp/1118460820 Of course Youtube has a lot of videos. This one was highly rated by the search engine. I haven’t watched it yet as it’s an hour long. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STF0moww_zQ Wikipedia has an in-depth explanation which is really only scratching the surface it would seem… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_quantum_mechanics Here’s another page trying to explain the basics. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/basics-of-quantum-mechanics-for-dummies.html I found a page that tackles the waves. Interesting. http://newton.physics.uiowa.edu/~umallik/adventure/quantumwave.html Here’s another beginners page. Seems kind of dry. Need more pictures. Have ADD. http://www.abarim-publications.com/QuantumMechanicsIntroduction.html#.UknZcOI3hNo Here’s one that looked interesting. Lots of info here. http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/lec06.html My brain is starting to hurt. http://www.livescience.com/24509-light-wave-particle-duality-experiment.html An article I found in a science journal. http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/w/wave-particle_duality.htm A picture of my cat. My brain fried and I went another way with this… http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt329/dww25921/GEDC0121_zpsd199cb24.jpg

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