Sentences with phrase «classical physics falls»

At smaller size and length scales in nature, however, such as those involving atoms and photons and their behaviors, classical physics falls short.

Not exact matches

Classical physics — the kind we know about courtesy of Galileo and Newton — is comparatively easy to understand because we can clearly see it working all around us: the apple falls from the tree; the earth orbits the sun; the thrown baseball follows an arc that we can predict with an equation.

All these materials fall under the heading of «quantum materials,» ceramics, layered composites and other materials whose electromagnetic behavior can not be explained by classical physics.

Had they not made that mistake, they would have had to explain the rapid climate fall after 1940, which could not be explained by classical physics, but was consistent with quantum thermodynamics.