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> Newton into the Quantum Simply put, "the first quantization." (I am amazed how difficult popularizers of science often make it to understand what the hell th
by Koshkin 7y ago
> Newton into the Quantum
Simply put, "the first quantization." (I am amazed how difficult popularizers of science often make it to understand what the hell they are talking about.)
- soVeryTired 7y agoIf you don't already know what quantization is, that's just jargon though.
- gus_massa 7y agoThe problem in the title is that "Newton" just means "Classic Mechanics". Newton has a lot of results, like in gravity, light, mechanics, ... Replacing "Classic Mechanic" with "Newton" looks like the weird replacement tables in some xkcd comics. (Inside the article, the idea is clear, the problem is in the title.)
- JJMcJ 7y agoSimilar to personalizing all General Relativity advances and issues as being about "Einstein". Nobody does that for Quantum Mechanics.
- gus_massa 7y agoFor what it's worth, I hate the articles with title "Einstein is wrong/right". (Extra bonus hate point for "Scientist say Einstein is wrong/right") The case of Quantum Mechanics is strange, there is no clear name to choose. I guess Heisenberg an Schrödinger are the best candidates, but their names are associated in popular culture with some specific effect instead of the whole theory.