Broadly speaking, quantum mechanics incorporates four classes of [[phenomena]] that classical physics cannot account for: (I) the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantization_(physics) quantization] (discretization) of certain physical quantities, (II) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave-particle_duality wave-particle duality], (III) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle the uncertainty principle], and (IV) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement quantum entanglement]. Each of these phenomena is described in detail in the article found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics this link]. | Broadly speaking, quantum mechanics incorporates four classes of [[phenomena]] that classical physics cannot account for: (I) the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantization_(physics) quantization] (discretization) of certain physical quantities, (II) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave-particle_duality wave-particle duality], (III) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle the uncertainty principle], and (IV) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement quantum entanglement]. Each of these phenomena is described in detail in the article found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics this link]. |