Wallpaper*: Can you share the inspiration behind the title of your current show ‘Western Mechanics.’’? Alex Prager: The title Western Mechanics is intentionally ambiguous, nodding at Americana ...

In 1927, physicists gathered to discuss the recent formulation of quantum mechanics, at the Solvay Conference on Physics in Brussels. Many important figures were in attendance, including Werner ...

Quantum mechanics, or quantum physics, is the body of scientific laws that describe the wacky behavior of photons, electrons and the other subatomic particles that make up the universe.

That’s because quantum mechanics, at least at a glance, seems to frequently flout the laws of classical physics (specifically Isaac Newton’s Laws of Thermodynamics) and regularly creates pesky ...

The term "quantum mechanics" was first coined by Max Born in 1924. The acceptance by the general physics community of quantum mechanics is due to its accurate prediction of the physical ...

Physicists John F. Clauser, Alain Aspect and Anton Zeilinger received the 2022 Nobel Prize in physics on Oct. 4, for their research in quantum mechanics. (Video: AP) By Joel Achenbach.

A century ago, physics had its Darwinian moment — a change in perspective that was as consequential for the physical sciences as the theory of evolution by natural selection was for biology.

Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger have won the Nobel Prize in physics for their landmark achievements in quantum mechanics – the study of the behavior of particles and atoms ...

Columnist and Physics Why the most important topic in physics could be statistical mechanics. Statistical mechanics helps relate the quantum world to objects that seem solid and not governed by ...

Einstein’s arguments culminated in the famous “EPR” paper that he wrote in 1935 with Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen, which supposedly proved that quantum mechanics could not represent reality ...