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• Authors: Jacek Pączkowski

Title variants

EN

The strange world of quanta

Abstracts

EN

The article entitled “The strange world of quanta” tries to explain, in a very general and selective way, the physics theory known as the quantum mechanics. In opposition to the classical modern theories – the classical mechanics and the mechanism – the quantum mechanics has been characterized as the new revolutionary theory which changed the scientific method and the way the reality was perceived in the XXth century. The title of this article is inspired by the apparent divergence between the everyday world and the world described by the quantum mechanics. The quantum physics is a theory which has been confirmed empirically multiple times and which greatly influenced the technological development in the XXth century. It is also hoped that it will help the humanity in the future. However, as the theory which describes the micro-scale world it stands in opposition to another influential theory of the XXth century – the general theory of relativity – which describes the macro-scale world. The problem is that these two theories can not be both fundamental and true at the same time, as they describe the two aspects of the same world. This incoherence of the laws of the universe is especially disturbing when we take into account the fact that according to the Big Bang theory the universe emerged from the micro-world. Therefore, the science community awaits the emergence of the so-called “theory of everything” which could unify both theories and explain the processes taking place in the micro- and macro-scale equally well.

Keywords

EN

physical theory; quantum mechanics; perception of reality; microscale; macroscale

• Publisher: Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne Diecezji Elbląskiej w Elblągu
• Journal: Studia Elbląskie
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 12
• Pages: 309-328

Dates

published

2011

Contributors

author

Jacek Pączkowski

• Elbląska Izba Przemysłowo-Handlowa

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Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2178211