Quantum theory is about the nature of matter.There are still some of the mysteries occurring around us that are unanswered. Scientists claim that quantum theory or quantum mechanics would be the answers to all these questions.
Some of the unsolved mysteries/ unanswered problems:
1.) Shakuntala devi: the prodigy calculator
Shakuntala gave the 23rd root of the number -91674867692003915809866092758538016248310668014430862240712651642793465704086709659 32792057674808067900227830163549248523803357453169351119035965775473400756818688305 620821016129132845564895780158806771 within just 21 seconds.!!
2.)About misbehaved electrons, or: the probability cloud model.
The nature of electrons seems odd. Seemingly they exist in different places at different points in time, but it is impossible to say where the electron will be at a given time. At time t1 it is at point A, then at time t2 it is at point B, yet without moving from A to B. It seems to appear in different places without describing a trajectory. Therefore, even if t1 and A can be pinpointed, it is impossible to derive t2 and B from this
measurement. In other words: There seems to be no causal relation between any two positions. The concept of causality cannot be applied to what is observed. In case of the electrons of an atom, the closest we can get to describing the electron's position is by giving a number for the probability of it being at a particular place. Moreover, particles have other "disturbing" properties: They have a tendency to decay into other particles or into energy, and sometimes -under special circumstances- they merge to form new particles. They do so after indeterminate time spans. Although we can make statistical assertions about a particle's lifetime, it is impossible to predict the fate of an individual particle.
Such unusual behavior of electrons is also unanswered till date.
3.)What does quantum physics say about the universe?
After all, the entire universe is composed of an unimaginable large number of matter and energy. It seems to be of great importance to understand quantum theory properly in view of the large-scale structure of the cosmos. For example, an interesting question in this context is why the observable matter in the universe is packed together in galaxies and is not evenly distributed throughout space. Could it have to do with the quantum characteristics of energy? Are quantum effects responsible for matter forming discrete entities, instead of spreading out evenly during the birth of the universe? The answer to this question is still being debated.
If cosmological conclusions seem laboured, we might be able to derive philosophical insights from quantum physics. At least Fritjof Capra thinks this is possible when he describes the parallels between modern physics and ancient Eastern philosophy in his book The Tao of Physics. He holds that in a way, the essence of modern physics is comparable to the teachings of the ancient Eastern philosophies, such as the Chinese Tao Te Ching, the Indian Upanishads, or the Buddhist Sutras. Eastern philosophies agree in the point that ultimate reality is indescribable and unapproachable, not only in terms of common language, but also in the language of mathematics. That is, science and mathematics must fail at some stage in describing ultimate reality. We see this exemplified in the Uncertainty Principle, which is elucidated in the following section.
Thus, Still the evolution or the origin of the universe is a big unanswered question.
These and many other questions are still unanswered by science. the quantum theory scientists claim to answer all the or most of the questions through it.
read about quantum theory>>
Some of the unsolved mysteries/ unanswered problems:
1.) Shakuntala devi: the prodigy calculator
Shakuntala gave the 23rd root of the number -91674867692003915809866092758538016248310668014430862240712651642793465704086709659 32792057674808067900227830163549248523803357453169351119035965775473400756818688305 620821016129132845564895780158806771 within just 21 seconds.!!
Shakuntala, who is still alive and who has been around the
world, in almost all the universities, exhibiting her intuition. She is not a
mathematician, she is not even much educated -- just a matriculate. Even when Albert Einstein was alive she was giving her
demonstration in front of him. And her demonstration was strange. She would sit
with a chalk in her hand before the board: you would ask any kind of question
about mathematics or arithmetic, and you would not have even finished the
question and she would have started writing the answer.
Albert Einstein gave
her a certificate --in which Albert
Einstein says, "I asked this woman a question which I take three hours to
solve because I have to follow a whole method; I cannot just jump from the
question to the answer. I know that nobody can do it in less time than I can,
and that is three hours. Others may take even six hours hours or more, but I
can do it in three hours because I have done it before. But the whole procedure
has to be followed. If you miss even a single step...." The figures were
so big that it took the whole board for her to write the answer. And before he
had even finished the question, she started writing the answer.!!
She said that 'when she saw those questions the answers appeared before her eyes just by instinct.
Now the unanswered(till date) question is how she is able to do it ? how such kinds of instincts actually appear?
2.)About misbehaved electrons, or: the probability cloud model.
The nature of electrons seems odd. Seemingly they exist in different places at different points in time, but it is impossible to say where the electron will be at a given time. At time t1 it is at point A, then at time t2 it is at point B, yet without moving from A to B. It seems to appear in different places without describing a trajectory. Therefore, even if t1 and A can be pinpointed, it is impossible to derive t2 and B from this
measurement. In other words: There seems to be no causal relation between any two positions. The concept of causality cannot be applied to what is observed. In case of the electrons of an atom, the closest we can get to describing the electron's position is by giving a number for the probability of it being at a particular place. Moreover, particles have other "disturbing" properties: They have a tendency to decay into other particles or into energy, and sometimes -under special circumstances- they merge to form new particles. They do so after indeterminate time spans. Although we can make statistical assertions about a particle's lifetime, it is impossible to predict the fate of an individual particle.
Such unusual behavior of electrons is also unanswered till date.
3.)What does quantum physics say about the universe?
After all, the entire universe is composed of an unimaginable large number of matter and energy. It seems to be of great importance to understand quantum theory properly in view of the large-scale structure of the cosmos. For example, an interesting question in this context is why the observable matter in the universe is packed together in galaxies and is not evenly distributed throughout space. Could it have to do with the quantum characteristics of energy? Are quantum effects responsible for matter forming discrete entities, instead of spreading out evenly during the birth of the universe? The answer to this question is still being debated.
If cosmological conclusions seem laboured, we might be able to derive philosophical insights from quantum physics. At least Fritjof Capra thinks this is possible when he describes the parallels between modern physics and ancient Eastern philosophy in his book The Tao of Physics. He holds that in a way, the essence of modern physics is comparable to the teachings of the ancient Eastern philosophies, such as the Chinese Tao Te Ching, the Indian Upanishads, or the Buddhist Sutras. Eastern philosophies agree in the point that ultimate reality is indescribable and unapproachable, not only in terms of common language, but also in the language of mathematics. That is, science and mathematics must fail at some stage in describing ultimate reality. We see this exemplified in the Uncertainty Principle, which is elucidated in the following section.
Thus, Still the evolution or the origin of the universe is a big unanswered question.
These and many other questions are still unanswered by science. the quantum theory scientists claim to answer all the or most of the questions through it.
read about quantum theory>>
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