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The understanding and prediction of the properties of matter at the atomic level represents one of the great achievements of twentieth-century science. The theory developed to describe the behavior of electrons, atoms and molecules differs radically from familiar Newtonian physics, the physics governing the motions of macroscopic bodies and the physical events of our everyday experiences.

The new theory is called quantum theory or quantum mechanics. As far as we now know this theory is able to account for all observable behaviour of matter and, with suitable extensions, for the interaction of matter with light. The proper formulation of quantum mechanics and its application to a specific problem requires a rather elaborate mathematical framework, as do proper statements and applications of Newtonian physics

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