Olena Shmahalo
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Quantum Darwinism • Physics Illustration • 2019

Quantum Darwinism is an idea to explain how the quantum world decoheres into our own through a process of Darwinian-like selection.

Quantum Darwinism is an idea to explain how the quantum world decoheres into our own through a process of Darwinian-like selection.

Volume render

Volume render

Clay render

Clay render

Alternative capsule design

Alternative capsule design

Concept sketches

Concept sketches

One of my favorite projects: 3D illustration for a 2019 Quanta Magazine article by Philip Ball: Quantum Darwinism, an Idea to Explain Objective Reality, Passes First Tests
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The mirrors represent reality and the foreground a fantastical quantum world with a wave in superposition. When it decohered, only blue remained. A rendering trick (Redshift) excludes the red wave from reflections.
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Read the article: https://tinyurl.com/QMdarwinism2019
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