Classical mechanics is the mathematical study of the motion of everyday objects and the forces that affect them. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu. Live Science. Search.

Pick at random any TV show about the universe, and the visuals will be dominated by a black void sprinkled with billions of galaxies. Such images give the impression of a vast emptiness foreign to ...

One scientist says the universe is a giant neural net. The wild concept uses neural net theory to unify quantum and classical mechanics. This is a great jumping-off point for larger philosophical ...

Their finding bridges the gap between classical mechanics and the optics of coherent waves via theories put forward 350 years ago by the Dutch mathematical physicist Christiaan Huygens. Huygens’s ...