Quantum mechanics Summary

The Development of Quantum Mechanics Overview Quantum mechanics describes the relationship between energy and matter on an atomic and subatomic scale. At the beginning of the twentieth century, German... Read more

Quantum Theory and Mechanics Quantum mechanics describes the relationships between energy and matter on the atomic and subatomic scale. At the beginning of the twentieth century, German physicist Maxw... Read more

Probability and Quantum Mechanics Probability is the likelihood that a certain event will occur. Unlike classical physics, quantum physics is not completely deterministic. Probability in the context o... Read more

Quantum Physics Quantum physics is based on quantum theory. The first idea about quantum theory was from Max Planck in 1900. He proposed that energy was not emitted continuously but rather in quanta i... Read more

Quantum Mechanics The atomic model proposed by Niels Bohr in 1913 was an important milestone in the history of science for two quite different reasons. First, the Bohr theory answered some fundamental... Read more

Classical Mechanics, Philosophy Of Classical physics is the research tradition beginning with Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (often called simply the Principia) of... Read more

Quantum Mechanics Quantum mechanics has the distinction of being considered both the most empirically successful and the most poorly understood theory in the history of physics. To take an oft-cited e... Read more

LIGHT In the everyday sense of the word, it seems like a simple thing: but it is a subject for serious consideration. I am exploring here the role of light in relativity, not its nature. Light has al... Read more