This document discusses the history and principles of quantum mechanics. It describes how early theories of light and matter as particles or waves evolved into the modern understanding of wave-particle duality. Key concepts explained include the photoelectric effect demonstrating light behaving as quantized particles, the de Broglie hypothesis extending wave-particle duality to all matter, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle limiting the precision of simultaneous position and momentum measurements, and consequences like zero-point energy and virtual particles arising from short time fluctuations allowed by the principle.