The Quantum World In physics, discovery of the world at the subatomic level demolished the clockwork universe. Quantum mechanics described a very different world. At the quantum level we observe a world where change happens in jumps, beyond our powers of precise prediction. This world also challenges our belief about objective measurement, for at the subatomic level the observer cannot observe anything without interfering, or, more important, participating in its creation. The quantum world is weird, even to scientists.
Particles come into being through interactions of energy sources with other energy sources.
Physicists can plot the probability and results of the interactions, but no particle can be drawn independent from the others. The new physical science gives primary value to the relationships that exist among seemingly discrete parts. We enter an entirely new landscape of connections, of phenomena that cannot be reduced to simple cause and effect, of the constant flux of dynamic processes. The new physics explains that there is no objective reality out there waiting to reveal its secrets. There are no recipes or formulas, no checklists or advice that describe reality.