Much to the bewilderment of professional scientists, quasi-religious cults are being formed around such unlikely topics as quantum physics, space-time relativity, black holes and the big bang.
令专业水准的科学家十分困惑的是，准宗教崇拜正围绕量子物理学、时空相对论、黑洞和大爆炸等不太可能的话题而形成。
In a sense, it was the same old quantum physics.
从某种意义上说，这同样是以往的量子物理学。
We can't cope with the very tiny scale of quantum physics or the very large scale of relativity.
对于量子物理中的微观尺度或相对论中的宏观尺度，我们都无能为力。
Identifying good explanations constitutes progress (alas, quantum physics still lacks such an account).
进步源自甄别选出好的解释(可惜量子物理学仍没有给出这类解释)。
But that view evolved once Stephen Hawking and others brought quantum physics into the mix.
但是，这种观点因为斯蒂芬·威廉·霍金和其他人提出量子物理学而发生了改变。
At temperatures near absolute zero, quantum physics takes over and atoms start to behave like waves.
在接近绝对零度的低温下，量子物理掌控一切，原子的行为开始变得像波。
Researchers have also proposed roles for quantum physics in the animal sense of smell and even in the brain.
研究人员还提出量子物理在动物嗅觉甚至大脑中的作用。
The course introduces applied quantum physics and emphasizes an experimental basis for quantum mechanics.
此课程介绍应用量子物理，强调量子力学的实验基础。
But the basic ideas behind relativity and quantum physics are, in fact, simple and comprehensible by anyone.
但是事实上，任何人都可以轻松地理解相对论和量子力学的基本思想。
Protons have a property known as spin, a quantum physics counterpart to the more familiar, everyday kind of rotation.
质子有一个属性叫做自旋，这一量子物理量对应到我们日常生活中，就是人们更为熟悉的旋转。
Quantum medical science deals with the phenomena of human life by using the theory and methodology of quantum physics.
量子医学是应用量子物理理论与方法研究人体生命现象的科学。
Steinhardt's scenario makes use of string theory, another attempt to reconcile General Relativity with quantum physics.
斯顿哈德的假设引用了弦理论，这种理论也试图在相对论和量子物理学之间找到折衷点。
Now, it's beginning to look as if it might apply to a lot more than just quantum physics, and quite possibly even to the way people think.
现在，这些数学理论可以用在不只量子理论的领域，很可能用于研究人类思考的方式。
Quantum information is the use of quantum physics principles and properties of classical information to represent and manipulate information.
量子信息利用量子力学的基本原理结合经典信息的性质对信息进行表示和处理。
So a new science is needed in the same way that we had to have a new quantum physics. The CERN particle accelerator may take us back to our roots.
所以需要有一种新的科学，就像当时需要量子物理学一样。
Nevertheless, quantum cryptography, which is based on quantum physics, has been proved to be an effective technique for secure key distribution.
然而，基于量子物理原理的量子密码学已被证明是保密通信中密钥安全分配的有效手段。
Because this was done at such a small scale, the way the atoms interact can produce new and different properties according to the rules of quantum physics.
因为这可以在非常小的范围中完成，所以根据量子物理的原理，相互影响的原子能够产生新的和不同的性能。
By using a quantum device to control a mechanical object, researchers have linked the mind-bending laws of quantum physics to the tangible, everyday world.
研究人员们利用量子装置对机械物体加以控制，从而将量子物理学令人费解的定律与有形的日常世界之间建立起联系。
The peculiar advantage of quantum bits is that thanks to the strange laws of quantum physics, they can be in two states at once — both one and zero simultaneously.
量子位的优势在于量子物理的独特法则，它们可以同时处在两种不同的状态——既是0也是1。
"This field wouldn't even exist if people hadn't worried about the foundations of quantum physics," says Anton Zeilinger of the University of Vienna in Austria.
“如果人们没有担忧过量子物理的基础，量子信息学这个领域甚至不会存在。”奥地利维也纳大学的安东？蔡林格说。
Bohr found that an electron has the qualities of both a particle and a wave, a concept known as wave-particle duality, which has become a cornerstone of quantum physics.
玻尔发现电子同时具有粒子和波的性质，这便是波粒二象性。波粒二象性构成了量子物理学的基石。
Science and Nature, though, are the only two major journals that cover the gamut of scientific disciplines, from meteorology and zoology to quantum physics and chemistry.
但是，《科学》和《自然》是仅有的两家覆盖全部科学学科的主要刊物，学科范围从气象学和动物学到量子物理学和化学等。
Bohr's model would win him the 1922 Nobel Prize, but its limitations inspired the search for a purely quantum physics. A key figure in this investigation was Werner Heisenberg.
波尔的模型会为他赢取1922年诺贝尔奖，但其局限激发了对纯粹量子物理学的探索，做这项研究的一个关键人物就是维尔纳·海森堡。
According to quantum physics, empty space is not actually barren but is a boiling sea of so-called virtual particles and antiparticles constantly popping in and out of existence.
量子物理学认为，真空并不是真正是空的，而是沸腾的海洋——被称作虚粒子与反粒子的东西不停出现与消失。
Cleland isn't sure the system will be reliable enough for that, but thinks it could be used in exploring how the subatomic rules of quantum physics are manifested at higher scales.
克莱兰德还不能确定该系统的可靠程度足以担当此任，但他认为系统可以用来探索在更高尺度中量子物理学亚原子规则如何表现。
Inspired by the Allegory of the Cave from Plato, till today's quantum physics and multiverse theories, a visual essay about perception and knowledge as reflection of our reality.
作者从柏拉图的山洞寓言受到启发，再到如今的量子物理学以及多重宇宙理论。这是一场关于现实感知的视觉盛宴。
Inspired by the Allegory of the Cave from Plato, till today's quantum physics and multiverse theories, a visual essay about perception and knowledge as reflection of our reality.
作者从柏拉图的山洞寓言受到启发，再到如今的量子物理学以及多重宇宙理论。这是一场关于现实感知的视觉盛宴。
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