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Quantum Physics is an important aspect of physics. If we think of quantum physics as buying a new pair of shoes, it may be easier to understand.
"You can’t just go to a shop and pick out sneakers that are an exact match for your feet. Instead, you’re forced to choose between pairs that come in predetermined sizes”. This is similar to how Albert Einstein won a Nobel Prize for proving that energy is quantized. “Just as you can only buy shoes in multiples of half a size, energy only comes in multiples of the same "quanta" — hence the name quantum physics” (Stuart).
Quantum physics is continuously evolving and questioning existing theories and our perception of everyday events! Even to this day, Scientists are making incredible discoveries using quantum physics. The possibilities are endless!
Without Quantum Physics, we wouldn’t have computers, cameras, lasers or nuclear power! It is to be true that by 1900 (or thereabouts), physicists thought they were pretty sure they had figured out how the universe worked and they only needed to fix a few things (Reading: "Introducing Quantum Theory", Part I).
Through experimentation and knowledge of Physics, Quantum Physics explains how things work. For everyday living, all the technologies you might take for granted exploit the rules of physics.
Just to be clear: Classical Physics does not include Quantum Physics. "Classical physics is causal; complete knowledge of the past allows computation of the future. Objects in quantum physics are neither particles nor waves; they are a strange combination of both. Given complete knowledge of the past, we can make only probabilistic predictions of the future" (What Is the Difference between Classical Physics and Quantum Physics).
Should Know about Quantum Physics.” Space.com, Space, 28 May 2021,
www.space.com/quantum-physics-things-you-should-know.
What Is the Difference between Classical Physics and Quantum Physics.
www.esalq.usp.br/lepse/imgs/conteudo_thumb/What-is-the-difference-between-classical-physics-and-quantum-physics.pdf.
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