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Quantum mechanics consists of the breakthrough in physics in the 1920s in understanding how particles behave inside atoms. Classical mechanics, as initially discovered by [[Isaac Newton]], cannot explain atomic behavior.
Quantum mechanics consists of the breakthrough in physics in the 1920s in understanding how particles behave inside atoms. Classical mechanics, as initially discovered by [[Isaac Newton]], cannot explain atomic behavior.
Quantum Theory postulates that there are quantities that cannot be scientifically measured. Therefore, science can only hope to give us a limited understanding of God's creation.
Classical mechanics would predict that an electron orbits a proton just as planets orbit the sun. Classical electromagnetism would predict that the orbiting electron would emit a time-varying electrical field just as a radio station does. But the electron would lose energy as it emits this radiation, and would orbit closer and closer to the proton, until it collapses into the proton! Such a model cannot be correct.
Classical mechanics would predict that an electron orbits a proton just as planets orbit the sun. Classical electromagnetism would predict that the orbiting electron would emit a time-varying electrical field just as a radio station does. But the electron would lose energy as it emits this radiation, and would orbit closer and closer to the proton, until it collapses into the proton! Such a model cannot be correct.