College Physics
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Author: Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs
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Chapter 34, Problem 20PE
(a) Use the Heisenberg uncertainty principle to calculate the uncertainty in energy for a corresponding time interval of 
(b) Compare this energy with the 
unification−of−forces energy and discuss why they are similar.
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