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What explains particle motion?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

There are many kinds of particles and many kinds of motion, so there is more than one answer to that question. In many cases, particle motion is explained by Newtonian mechanics. In other cases, you would need quantum mechanics or Einstein's theory of relativity, or the Maxwell equations if the particles are photons.

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