Science Common Sense

1486 - Why does Newton's law of motion not apply at the atomic level?

Newton's law of motion doesn't fully work at the atomic level because things behave differently when they're really small.

At that scale, strange things start to happen and rules like the ones Sir Isaac Newton discovered don't apply as well as they do in the world we can see.

This is because of something called 'quantum mechanics', which is a set of rules that explains how tiny things like atoms and particles work.

These tiny particles can be in many places at the same time and their movement is not as predictable as big objects. This makes Newton's laws less accurate at the atomic level.

Think of it like this: Newton's laws are great for a football match (predicting how balls and players move), but at the atomic level, it's more like a magic show (with particles behaving strangely and unpredictably).