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What is Quantum Physics
 
Quantum physics is a branch of science that deals with discrete, indivisible units of energy called quanta as described by the Quantum Theory. There are five main ideas involved:
  1. Energy is not continuous, it comes in small but discrete units.1
  2. The elementary particles behave both like particles and like waves.2
  3. The movement of these particles is inherently random.3
  4. It is physically impossible to know both the position and the momentum of a particle at the same time. The more precisely one is known, the less precise the measurement of the other.4
  5. The atomic world is nothing like the world we live in.5
For more information go to http://library.thinkquest.org/3487/qp.html#1  

1 In Search of Schrödinger's Cat pages 41 and 43.
2 Lectures on Physics page 1-1.
3 In Search of Schrödinger's Cat page 66.
4 In Search of Schrödinger's Cat page 156.
5 In Search of Schrödinger's Cat page 174.