http://library.thinkquest.org/27930/wavefunction.htm

Introduction:
(the observer and the observations)

the observer

Before we can delve into quantum theory too much, we have to set something straight. There is no discrete separation between the scientist and his observations much like there is no discrete separation between you as the reader, and me as the author. There is no discrete separation between your mind and your body and the rest of the universe at all. Put more frankly, we do not observe and record reality as if it were in front of us on a lab table with its belly showing. We are part of reality, we interact with it frequently, exchange matter and energy with it, we are affected physically and chemically (emotionally) by it. For us to define it without at least considering our point of view would be pompous. It could be closer to the truth that we lay on our backs in front of reality, exposed for it to probe and plot us.

http://www.futurehi.net/contelligence.html

I think the biggest mistake that anyone can make is considering quantum theory (or any theory) to be an exact model of reality; instead consider it to be a model of our interactions with reality, as we are helplessly connected to it.

I will be using Stanford’s Quantum Theory webpage as a resource throughout this site. Here is a more concrete explanation of scientific theory from the scientists themselves: http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/theory/modeltheory.html

the observervations: quantum physics

More than one webpage could possibly entail a 'definition' of quantum physics. Instead, I will be discussing some of the reoccuring concepts in the 'quantum world'.

In short, it is an incomplete theory of nearly everything as it acts on a very small scale level; light, chemistry, lasers, electricity, biology, nuclear explosives, computers, space; quantum theory applies to a variety of sciences and applications. The one downfall of quantum theory is that it has no conception of gravity, whose affect is only measurable on a large scale. Einstein worked like mad to link the two sciences together, but his efforts were futile. Quantum theory involves the particle level of operations, and so far, a particle version of gravity can’t be measured experimentally. It is theorized that it would fit with the force carriers (which are described in Fundamental Particles). Energy and matter can be broken down (both theoretically and experimentally) into particles finer than the classic chemistry model. Photons, neutrinos, up quarks, down quarks, and electrons are some common particles that interact with each other on this level. In fact, the chemical model of the atom (which consists of protons, neutrons, and electrons) is really just a summation of the modern particle model (explained in Fundamental Particles).