A theory that developed from Max Planck's quantum principle and Werner Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
The quantum principle states that waves (light, infrared, X rays, etc.) are emitted from any body in "packets" known as quanta, rather than arbitrarily. Each quantum would have more energy depending on the frequency of the waves.
The uncertainty principle states that the more accurately you know the position of a particle, the less accurately you can know its velocity, and vice versa.
Heisenberg, Erwin Schrodinger, and Paul Dirac created a theory called quantum mechanics, which was based on the uncertainty principle. Particles were now thought to have a quantum state, a combination of position and velocity.
In a nutshell, it brought randomness into physics, which many physicists (Einstein, for example) objected. Still, many others accepted it.
The quantum principle states that waves (light, infrared, X rays, etc.) are emitted from any body in "packets" known as quanta, rather than arbitrarily. Each quantum would have more energy depending on the frequency of the waves.
The uncertainty principle states that the more accurately you know the position of a particle, the less accurately you can know its velocity, and vice versa.
Heisenberg, Erwin Schrodinger, and Paul Dirac created a theory called quantum mechanics, which was based on the uncertainty principle. Particles were now thought to have a quantum state, a combination of position and velocity.
In a nutshell, it brought randomness into physics, which many physicists (Einstein, for example) objected. Still, many others accepted it.
Even after reading all that, does anyone actually understand what quantum mechanics is?
Quantum mechanics is complicated.
Quantum mechanics is complicated.
by SRG September 23, 2004
Get the quantum mechanicsmug. The physics which deals with the universe on a microscopic scale, which basically tells us that what we think we see isn't ACTUALLY there, and that the universe as we perceive it to be is only the way it is because we choose to see it as such. Nothing exists as more than a field of probability.
Teacher: I didn't see you in class today, Bobby.
Bobby: According to Quantum Physics, there's still a chance I was there!
Bobby: According to Quantum Physics, there's still a chance I was there!
by Skipio August 21, 2011
Get the Quantum Physicsmug. A gravitational field that has been quantized into discrete segments of spacetime in such a way that we can consider each point within this spacetime separately.
Physicist 1: I am studying quantum gravity.
Physicist 2: That's what you think! It's actually been a program on my computer all along!
Physicist 2: That's what you think! It's actually been a program on my computer all along!
by Magnus Voidus October 19, 2010
Get the Quantum Gravitymug. A state of mind which exceeds the limitations of the brain by actions which change the course of a game last second
by BuffGnome February 5, 2023
Get the quantum revolvermug. n;the highest level of gnar(gran, derived from gnarley) that can be achieved,i.e ripping the tsunami waves while drinking keystone light.
by Mystery Kid January 20, 2009
Get the Quantum Gnarmug. When you're talking with someone who says stuff you can't make sense out of, so you treat their sentences as a superposition of all possible interpretations and reply to them generically enough such that when the point finally becomes clear, all your previous replies still make sense and you didn't end up having to make a fool out of yourself along the way.
I've had such a quantum conversation with my friend again. Thankfully I finally managed to understand what he was on about before I agreed to something stupid.
by Tomlacko October 29, 2022
Get the quantum conversationmug. The common sense associated with recovering awareness about The Story of the Universe and our species common origin/creation story. Conventional wisdom of our foundational roots of origin.
All species and forms are related; It's Quantum Sense.
Quantum Sense says we all come into this existence from the same place.
Quantum Sense says we all come into this existence from the same place.
by herbybell April 2, 2010
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