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The Quantum Revolution
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Over 120 objects, installations and interactive displays trace quantum physics from early 20th-century discoveries to lasers, semiconductors and quantum computing.
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A replica of a quantum supercomputer from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center stands near real quantum chips made by Spanish companies: ICFO, Qilimanjaro, IFAE and Quside. That is where the story ends up. It starts with 17th-century editions of Galileo.
In between are more than 120 works: historical scientific pieces, immersive installations, audiovisuals and interactive displays. Curator Sonia Fernández-Vidal, who holds a doctorate in quantum optics, chose to multiply the languages used to explain it instead of relying on equations. The dotdotdot collective built an interactive device on Einstein's photoelectric effect. You already carry the semiconductors this show explains: Metro Line 1 at Callao is quantum mechanics with a podcast on.
Entry is free, on the third floor. It closes on Sunday 11 October. Hours are Tuesday to Friday 10:00 to 20:00 and weekends 11:00 to 20:00. The Quantum Lens VR piece was listed as under maintenance.
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Over 120 objects, installations and interactive displays follow quantum physics from early 20th-century discoveries to lasers, semiconductors and quantum computers. Free, and the story ends up inside the phone in your pocket.
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Galileo editions
Seventeenth-century editions of Galileo open the show, at the point where classical physics still held.
Replica quantum supercomputer
A replica of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center's quantum machine, shown beside real chips from ICFO, Qilimanjaro, IFAE and Quside.
Photoelectric effect device
An interactive piece by the dotdotdot collective lets you try the effect Einstein won his Nobel for.
fuse* Multiverse
An immersive installation built around the parallel realities that one reading of quantum theory suggests.
Good for
- Cheap Culture
- Nerding Out
- Rainy Days
Skip if
You need an English guided visit: the booked guided tours run in Spanish.
With kids
Sunday family workshops for ages 6 to 12 run 11:30 to 13:30.
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- Espacio Fundación TelefónicaLev (Flickr: _lev_), via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Los Moreno, Art PhotographersCourtesy of Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
- Madrid in the Golden Age: Crucible of Destinies and Landing of GeniusesCourtesy of Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
- The American Footprint in MadridCourtesy of Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
- Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San FernandoStanislav Kozlovskiy (Ctac), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museo de Historia de MadridLuis García (Zaqarbal), via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museo del RomanticismoPablo Linés / Wikimedia Spain, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Museo Thyssen-BornemiszaLuis García (Zaqarbal), CC BY-SA 3.0