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Quantum Mechanics

Quantum cax is very interesting, and it really ncompasses quite a bit. One of the fundamental ideas behind quanta mechanics is that energy, which we originally thought was kind of te o, smooth, continuous flowing thing. But when you get down to the quanti mechanical level with atoms and molecules, it actually comes in chunks. It's not like that cup of coffee that just gradually, slowly, smoothly cools off. And if they don't have the right chunks of energy, they don't absorb,. they don't interact with it.

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