what is Quondam Physics in lamonds terms?
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Quantum physics is the study of the behavior of matter and energy at the molecular, atomic, nuclear, and even smaller microscopic levels. In the early 20th century, it was discovered that the laws that govern macroscopic objects do not function the same in such small realms.\n\nWhat Does Quantum Mean?: "Quantum" comes from the Latin meaning "how much." It refers to the discrete units of matter and energy that are predicted by and observed in quantum physics. Even space and time, which appear to be extremely continuous, have smallest possible values.\n\nAs scientists gained the technology to measure with greater precision, strange phenomena was observed. The birth of quantum physics is attributed to Max Planck's 1900 paper on blackbody radiation. Development of the field was done by Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrodinger, and many others. Ironically, Albert Einstein had serious theoretical issues with quantum mechanics and tried for many years to disprove or modify it.
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See if this helps.\n\nhttp://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atomic/hund.html
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n = 1,2,.....\n l = 0, 1, 2..... n-1\nm = -l, -(l-1)\n\nThe labels  are called quantum numbers, and made their debut in Sommerfeld's elliptical orbit model. They correspond to certain classical features of the orbit: \n\nn= sr. root of (semi major axis)\nl = orbital angular momentum\nm = orientation of the orbit
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KE = mv\nWrong: energy <> momentum\n\n2y = (2 m)cos(kx)\nRight: a lenght =  lenghth x a number between -1 and +1\n\nvf = vi + ax\nWrong: x should be t\n\ndensity = volume/mass\nWrong: fraction should be inverse
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The word quamtum is derived from quanta which means packets.This is the theory that radiation or conduction or radiation of light or energy takes place in the form of quanta.
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The theory of everything is the Holy Grail of physics, which would be a scientifically verifiable and verified theory to reconcile the contradictions between relativity and quantum mechanics.  Currently, QM is used for the very small (particle physics) and relativity is used for the very large (astronomy and cosmology), but somewhere in between they become inconsistent.
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for sure.\n\nbible is descriptive.... quantum physics is a snap.\n\naren't you glad..\n\nthat way its cover 11 or 12 diminsions where you only think in 3 or 4.
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Nothwithstanding the fact that this is a koan with no _rational_ answer, answers user Samuel J. Smith makes an error I wish to correct.  He states that the value of a physical observable in a quantum system is not definite until it has been measured.  However, he makes two errors:\n\n-"Measurement" does not mean "measured by a human" it means "the quantum system has interacted with another system in a way such that information is passed between the two system."  If an electron hits my desk a measurement of the quantum state of that system has been made even though I, the human, have no information about that interaction.\n\n-Second, macroscopic objects (trees, people, ponds, fish, very small dust mites) are not quantum objects precisely because there are huge number of smaller quantum systems (i.e. atoms) constantly interacting with eachother.  This constant interaction continuiously collapses their wavefunctions to a definite value which is why macroscopic objects appear to have definite positions, energies, momenta, etc.  To apply quantum principles not a non-quantum system is inappropriate in this case.\n\n-------\n\nQuantum mechanics aside, you might enjoy this article by Cecil Adams (of the Straight Dope, a column that gives information about bizarre topics of interest to readers) on the topic "What is the sound of one hand clapping" another classic koan:\n\nhttp://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_049\n\nHave a nice day~
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The latest developments are very technical and hard to translate into non-mathmatical terms that lend themselves to this format.  Check the physics journals for the latest (see the link below).\n\nIn general lay terms, some of these developments include time evolution, D-branes, a variety of developments on tachyons, guage fixing, and time lumps.
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these guys do it much better than i can:\n\nhttp://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/class/phscilab/kundt2.html
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Basically the law you are talking about is the theory that an object in motion will stay in motion until another force acts upon it.\n\nMomentum is calculated by multiplying the mass by the velocity of the object.  There are many applications for these caclulations like if you wanted to find out what would happen in a head on collision between two objects.  You would be able to calculate in which direction the two objects would travel after the collision.\n\nAnyway, here is a website that I found for you that explains it completely.
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The only link you need:\n\nhttp://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html\n\nHint:  look under "Mechanics"
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Lamda = h/p\ntherefore p = h/lamda\nnow lamda = c/n (n= frequency) and (c = velocity of light   as photons travel at the speed of light)\ntherefore p = hn/c.\nAll conditions satisfied without the use of mass
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Yup, relativity and qunatum mechanics work together nicely.  You'll need to account for the switch to using spacetime quantities instead of space and time quantities, and the fundemental equations get kind of hairy, but they still work out fine.
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In mathematics and physics, chaos theory deals with the behavior of certain nonlinear dynamical systems that under certain conditions exhibit a phenomenon known as chaos, which is characterised by a sensitivity to initial conditions (see butterfly effect). As a result of this sensitivity, the behavior of systems that exhibit chaos appears to be random, even though the model of the system is deterministic in the sense that it is well defined and contains no random parameters. Examples of such systems include the atmosphere, the solar system, plate tectonics, turbulent fluids, economies, and population growth.\n\nSystems that exhibit mathematical chaos are deterministic and thus orderly in some sense; this technical use of the word chaos is at odds with common parlance, which suggests complete disorder. [See the article on mythological chaos for a discussion of the origin of the word in mythology, and other uses.] Chaos theory deals with deterministic systems, and a related field of physics called quantum chaos theory studies non-deterministic systems that follow the laws of quantum mechanics.\n\nDescription of the theory\n\nChaos theory is the collection of results, methods, and visualization techniques used to study dynamical systems. A mathematical model of a natural or human system where numerical quantities are used to represent the state of the system is an example of a dynamical system. Some of these numerical quantities vary with time—they are dynamical—and others remain fixed—they are parameters. In a dynamical system, the numerical quantities are combined in a formula to determine how the dynamical quantities change after a short time period. The change over longer time periods can be obtained by iterating the formula. A system is solved when an expression is found that gives the dynamical quantities at any time without the need for iterating.\n\nMost dynamical systems that can be solved have linear formulas. In a few special cases, it is possible to transform a nonlinear system into a linear one by a change of coordinates. The overall behavior of linear systems can be cataloged: the dynamical quantities have ever expanding or contracting amplitudes that may oscillate with a few fixed frequencies.\n\nNonlinear systems can display a much richer array of motions, including chaotic motions. These motions can appear random.\n\nThe type of behavior a system may exhibit depends on the initial state of the system and the values of its parameters, if any. The most difficult type of behavior to characterize and predict is chaotic motion, a non-periodic complex motion, for which the theory is named.\n\nChaotic motion\n\nFor a system to be classified as chaotic, it must have the following properties:\n\n    * it must be sensitive to initial conditions\n    * it must be topologically mixing\n    * its periodic orbits must be dense\n\nSensitivity to initial conditions means that two points in such a system may move in vastly different trajectories in their phase space, even if the difference in their initial configurations is very small. The systems behave identically only if their initial configurations are exactly the same. An example of such sensitivity is the so-called "butterfly effect", which suggests that the flapping of a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere, which could over time cause a tornado to occur. The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale phenomena. Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different.\n\nTopologically mixing means that the system will evolve over time so that any given region or open set of its phase space will eventually overlap with any other given region. Since phase space is of finite size, this usually means that the phase space will become thoroughly mixed together after a fairly short time. Here, "
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omnipotence (from galactus or the living tribunal), omniscience, and  unaided cross-dimensional travel
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