This week we begin the first of two programs about classical music composers at work today in the United States.

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I can't explain this because classical physics doesn't work at atomic dimensions.

我不能解释这个,因为经典物理在不适用,就原子尺度而言。

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And the reason that quantum mechanics is going to work where classical mechanics fails is that classical mechanics did not take into account the fact that matter has both wave-like and particle-like properties, and light has both wave-like and particle-like properties.

上发生的行为,量子力学得以成功,而经典力学却失败的原因,是因为经典力学,不能包容物质的，波动性和粒子性,和光的波动性和粒子性。

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