Quantum mechanics
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| + | :"It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments frequently take place at those points where [[Node|two different lines of thought ]] [[cross-fertilization|meet]]. These lines may have their roots in quite different parts of [[human nature]], in different times or different cultural environments or different religious traditions: hence if they actually meet, that is, if they are at least so much related to each other that a real interaction can take place, then one may hope that new and interesting developments may follow." - [[Werner Heisenberg]], founder of [[quantum mechanics]] via [[Fusion Anomaly]]. | ||
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| That branch of [[physics]] which studies [[matter]] and [[energy]] at the level of [[atom]]s and other [[elementary]] [[particle]]s, and substitutes [[probabilistic]] mechanisms for [[classical]] [[Newtonian]] ones. | That branch of [[physics]] which studies [[matter]] and [[energy]] at the level of [[atom]]s and other [[elementary]] [[particle]]s, and substitutes [[probabilistic]] mechanisms for [[classical]] [[Newtonian]] ones. | ||
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- "It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments frequently take place at those points where two different lines of thought meet. These lines may have their roots in quite different parts of human nature, in different times or different cultural environments or different religious traditions: hence if they actually meet, that is, if they are at least so much related to each other that a real interaction can take place, then one may hope that new and interesting developments may follow." - Werner Heisenberg, founder of quantum mechanics via Fusion Anomaly.
That branch of physics which studies matter and energy at the level of atoms and other elementary particles, and substitutes probabilistic mechanisms for classical Newtonian ones.
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