- A statement on the conservation of energy: The law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed – only converted from one form of energy to another. This means that a system always has the same amount of energy unless added from the outside.
- All matter and psychological processes — thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and attitudes — are composed of energy. Thus, when applied to the human body, every atom, molecule, cell, tissue, and body system is composed of energy that creates what is known as the human energy field when superimposed on each other.
Subatomic particles. The various types of quarks are represented in violet. The various types of leptons are green and gauge bosons are orange. The Higgs boson is yellow labeled.
- Wave-particle duality is the concept in quantum mechanics that every particle or quantum entity may be described as either a particle or a wave. It expresses the inability of the classical ideas “particle” or “wave” to fully describe the behavior of quantum-scale objects.
- The problem of time is a conceptual conflict between general relativity and quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics regards the flow of time as universal and absolute, whereas general relativity regards time as malleable and relative.
- The Pauli Exclusion Principle states that no two electrons can have the same four electronic quantum numbers in an atom or molecule. Furthermore, as an orbital can contain a maximum of only two electrons, the two electrons must have opposing spins.
- Magnetic fields provide direction: The magnetic field direction is the same direction a compass needle points, tangent to the magnetic field line at any given moment. Magnetic field lines are defined to begin on the north pole and terminate on the south pole. The earth is a giant magnet; flowing electric charges generate a magnetic field. Therefore, the Earth is a magnet.
- The movement of molten metal in the Earth’s outer core generates electric currents. The currents create a magnetic field with invisible lines of force flowing between the Earth’s magnetic poles.
- The space quantization of an atom in a magnetic field whose quantum states correspond to a limited number of possible angles between the directions of the angular momentum and the magnetic intensity.
- The quantum Zeno effect refers to a slowing down of the evolution of a quantum state in the limit that the state is observed continuously. It describes the situation that an unstable particle, if observed continuously, will never decay.
- Quantum jumps are not truly instantaneous and random Instead, quantum jumps take the same trajectory between the two energy levels every time, so it is possible to predict how to send them back.
- Quintessence verses fluxions: quintessence is a fundamental form of energy distinct from any ordinary matter or radiation, or even dark matter. Its bulk properties, energy density, pressure, and so forth lead to novel behavior and unusual astrophysical phenomena. It is a different energy field, with an unbroken symmetry and no phase transition.
