Sentences with phrase «where classical physics»

Some researchers believe there must be some cut - off point where classical physics takes over, such as the point where the weak pull of gravity overwhelms other forces (in fact, gravity's effect on neutrons was recently measured).

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Doug Natelson, 37, is the Benjamin Franklin of the microscopic world: He studies electronic properties at the atomic scale, where the overlap of classical and quantum physics gains importance.

Quantum mechanics describes a crazy microscopic world where particles whiz around at blistering speeds and routinely violate the classical laws of physics we take for granted.

The complexity is necessary to move the generation of random numbers beyond the hard - to - predict but fundamentally deterministic world of classical physics and into the realm of quantum mechanics, where uncertainty takes hold.

Sometimes an electron will «tunnel» to a location where, according to classical physics, it could never appear.

The result also touches on a fundamental question in physics: where does the exotic quantum realm end and the familiar classical world begin?

Somewhere between molecules and pears lies a boundary where the strangeness of quantum behavior ends and the familiarity of classical physics begins.