KnowraQuantum field theoryLinked fromLinked fromThe 96 pages that link to Quantum field theory, each with the reason it gives.All 96Broader topic 3Related 14Narrower topic 72Compared with 7AtomismCompared with: It complicates the classical picture of atoms as tiny, enduring corpuscles.GravitationCompared with: It underlies the other fundamental interactions but does not provide a complete quantum theory of gravitation.Classical field theoryCompared with: It replaces the classical field description with quantum fields and quantum states.Dirac seaCompared with: It describes antiparticles as field excitations rather than vacancies in a material sea.Classical unified field theoriesCompared with: It replaces the purely classical starting point of these unification programs.Relativistic quantum mechanicsCompared with: It resolves limitations of fixed-particle relativistic quantum mechanics when particle numbers can change.RelativityCompared with: It incorporates special relativity, but not a complete quantum theory of gravity.