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PLANCKS' POSTULATE " that energy does not occur in a continuous stream , on the contrary, it can only occur in fixed , discreet amounts (quanta) and that quanta grow larger as the wavelength get smaller"( approximately doubling and halving ) |
examples... for 100 metre wavelengths 100 quanta for 50 metre wavelengths 200 quanta for 25 metre wavelengths 400 quanta |
classical mechanics ( analogue ) that as the suns mass dissipates ( 4 million tons every second ) the gravitational pull on the earth decreases accordingly ( newton's third "law" ) so that a gradual increase of the distance between of the earth of the sun occurs micro second by micro second |
quantum mechanics ( digital ) that no change in position can occur until a minimum energy exchange ( planck’s constant or a multiple of it ) has taken place |
quantum theory is truly all pervasive