A NEW-LOOK

PHYSICS
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In early 1900, Max plank

discovered that
electromagnetism traveled
in distinct packets and not
in continuous waves.
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 Max Planck changed physics and our understanding

of the world forever when he discovered that hot
objects do not radiate a smooth, continuous range of
energies as had been assumed in classical physics.
Instead, he found that the energies radiated by hot
objects have distinct values, with all other values
forbidden. This discovery was the beginning of
quantum theory – an entirely new type of physics –
which replaced classical physics for atomic-scale
events.
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Quantum theory
is the theoretical basis of modern physics that
explains the nature and behavior of matter and energy
on the atomic and subatomic level. The nature and
behavior of matter and energy at that level is
sometimes referred to as quantum physics and
quantum mechanics.
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In 1905, Albert Einstein

presented his fundamental
paper on special relativity
with the belief that the speed
of light was always constant
and independent of the
movement of the observer.
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Special relativity is an explanation of how speed affects mass,

time and space. The theory includes a way for the speed of light to
define the relationship between energy and matter — small
amounts of mass (m) can be interchangeable with enormous
amounts of energy (E), as defined by the classic equation

E = mc^2
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General Theory of Relativity

The theory, which Einstein published in 1915, expanded the
theory of special relativity that he had published 10 years
earlier. Special relativity argued that space and time are
inextricably connected, but that theory didn't acknowledge
the existence of gravity.
Einstein spent the decade between the two publications
determining that particularly massive objects warp the fabric
of space-time, a distortion that manifests as gravity
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In 1897, Joseph John
Thomson, was the first to
discover electron, unearthing
its negative charge and wave
like characteristics of its
particles
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Assuming that matter (e.g., electrons)

could be regarded as both particles
and waves, in 1926, Erwin Schrödinger
formulated a wave equation
that accurately calculated the energy
levels of electrons in atoms.
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 In 1927, Werner Heisenberg
discovered the uncertainty
principle, which states that the
position and the momentum of
an object cannot both be known
exactly.
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