New Scientist
Volume 212, Issue 2839, 19 November 2011, Pages 50-52
Special ReportOut of the ether: the changing face of the vacuum
Section snippets
Quantum breakdown
A decade or so on, however, a new twist cast the problem of empty space in a different light. It emerged from the theory of quantum mechanics. At the level of atoms, the clockwork predictability of the classical, Newtonian universe broke down, to be replaced by a strange alternative set of rules. A particle such as an electron, for example, does not move from A to B along a precisely defined trajectory. At any given moment its position and motion will be, to a degree, uncertain.
What's true for
References (0)
Cited by (1)
The emerging computational biolinguistic framework
2018, International Journal of Cognitive Informatics and Natural Intelligence
Copyright © 2011 Reed Business Information Ltd, England. Published by Reed Business Information Ltd. All rights reserved.