Quantum mechanics

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by Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Louis de Broglie, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, Max Born, Paul Dirac, Wolfgang Pauli, John von Neumann, Richard Feynman · 1900

Quantum mechanics, also known as quantum physics, is the fundamental physical theory describing the behavior of matter and light at atomic and subatomic scales. Its concepts and methods underpin fields including quantum chemistry, quantum field theory, quantum technology, and quantum information science.