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what is classical physics and classical mechanics and there is another term like this in book what does thes mean??

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The Physics or mechanics which is dependent on the laws given by Newton for the macroscopic particles are known as classical physics (or Newtonian Physics)while when we study the laws for microscopic particles like atoms, electrons, ions etc. then the physics is known as modern or quantum mechanics.


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