A Whole, New, Quantum World

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ciple is that of superposition. Superposition says that a quantum particle can be in two places at once (Baker). These principles have had far reaching effects throughout all different kinds of fields.
Quantum gives explanations for in fields that most people thought there already was a complete understanding in. One good example of one of these fields is biology. One explanation, for instance, is the way the eye works. It had been accepted that the eye worked in a certain way before the birth of quantum physics. Quantum physics, however, gave a more complete understanding of the eye. It is now known how the eye receives specific amounts of light (in quanta), and how much the eye must receive for one to be able to see a flash of light (Tuszynski and Dixon 310-311). This insight is an example of how people thought they understood something until quantum physics gave a deeper explanation. Quantum physics and chemistry combine, however, to give the only explanation for bioluminescence. Bioluminescence is the result of a chemical reaction, where the atoms lose energy in the form of light. This phenomenon allows marine life, such as jellyfish and squid, to glow (Tuszynski and Dixon 308). Quantum physics has given people a better understanding of biology with the explanations that it offers.
Chemistry is another fundamental field of science that has benefitted greatly from quantum physics. Chemistry, as a matter of fact, was one of the first fields to gain something from quantum physics. Quantum physics explains the method by which atoms bond with the way that their electrons spin. These electrons spin in pairs and this explains certain electrons’ bonding when they covalent bond. Ionic bonding, another method of atom bonding, can also be explained by the spin of an electron (Baker). Quantum physics gave a more complete explanation for something that had been accepted in chemistry for a while. This explanation of atomic bonding has had ma...