2007-07-12 00:04:54 · 4 answers · asked by Suvankar D 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The easist way to understand it.
Is that it is mechanics ( how things interact ) and very very small levels.
At levels smaller than atoms.
We think of atoms as being the smallest particles there are,
But atoms are made up of even smaller particles.
Quantum Mechanics is the study of these smaller particles and how they interact.
2007-07-12 00:14:06 · answer #1 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quantum mechanics is a fundamental branch of physics with wide applications in both experimental and theoretical physics. The effects of quantum mechanics are typically not observable on macroscopic scales, but become evident at the atomic and subatomic level. Quantum theory generalizes all classical theories, including mechanics and electromagnetism, and provides accurate descriptions for many previously unexplained phenomena such as black body radiation and stable electron orbits.
2007-07-12 07:14:00 · answer #2 · answered by LG 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quantum mechanics is a framework of analysis of physical phenomena, when classical mechanics (WEP, kinematics, newton's laws) are insufficient to explain them, when the objects studied are either 1. very small, or 2. moving very fast. under these 2 conditions, classical mechanics seem to give wrong predictions that do not agree with experimental results.
in QM we consider the interaction of atomic and subatomic particles.
2007-07-12 10:23:41 · answer #3 · answered by Andy Holmes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.thekeyboard.org.uk/Quantum%20mechanics.htm
2007-07-12 07:13:28 · answer #4 · answered by oregfiu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋