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Quantum Physics

When considering the possible efficiency of a computer which makes use of the results of quantum physics, it is helpful to know a little of quantum physics itself. Quantum physics arose from the failure of classical physics to offer correct predictions on the behavior of photons and other elementary particles. Quantum physics has since been under intense scrutiny, as some of its predictions seem very strange indeed. Nevertheless experiments verify the same strange behavior which leads skeptics to challenge the veracity of Quantum physics.


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