QUANTUM THEORY

QUANTUM THEORY
   classical physics as developed by NEWTON held that it was possible to know both the speed and position of any particle. With HEISENBERG'S uncertainty principle, modern physics recognized that we can know either the speed or the position of a particle but not both. The implication of these findings, which were given expression in the work of Nils BOHR, Max PLANCK and Albert EINSTEIN, is that the older mechanistic view of the physical UNIVERSE which was essentially deterministic no longer holds true. As a result, arguments such as those of David HUME against the possibility of MIRACLES are no longer as sound as they once seemed.

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