Being able to see smaller and smaller brought about the deepest revolution, in physics and human thought.
It comes with equations of motion, and with a full set of accurate and undisputed laws of physics.
‘Understanding’ or ‘explaining’ it is a different matter though;
we can't really.
We do try, and various interpretations gave rise to philosophical developments.
The Newtonian perceptions of reality and (fundamental!) physics are gone
forever.
But in what sense ?
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