Over the past decades, the mathematical formulation of physical theories has evolved to provide a unified framework that bridges classical mechanics, quantum mechanics and quantum information theory.

Ignorance is bliss A cartoon depicting the differences between 'ignorant' observers of mixing gases in the classical and quantum versions of the Gibbs paradox. (Courtesy: Bethan Morris, PhD student at ...

In the first half of the semester, we will discuss philosophical problems of classical mechanics and classical field theories: the persistence of matter, modality, the representation of mechanical ...

Looking inside a quantum computer. IBM Research, CC BY-ND In early July, Google announced that it will expand its commercially available cloud computing services to include quantum computing. A ...

course overview review of Lagrangian, Hamiltonian and Hamilton-Jacobi formulation of classical mechanics conflicts with experiments key ideas in and coordinate formulation of quantum mechanics ...

A branch of physics that deals with the effects of energy and forces on the motion of physical objects, based on the work of Isaac Newton and on three-dimensional Euclidean geometry, also called ...