Before Einstein, physicists believed that the behaviour of almost everything was controlled by three rules called “Newton’s Laws of Motion”. The basic point was to relate the motion of objects to the “forces” that act on that object. These forces … Read More
Tag: Classical mechanics
The Limitations of Classical Physics
Light waves and other forms of electromagnetic waves travel through free space at the speed c = 3.0 x 108 m/s. The speed of light sets an upper limit for the speeds of particles, waves and the transmission of … Read More
Quantum Mechanics vs. Newtonian Mechanics
Though quantum mechanics is a dynamical theory much like Newtonian mechanics, there are key differences between the two. In Newton’s mechanics, the state of a particle at t = 0 is specified by giving its initial position x (0) and … Read More