The problem is there are no isolated systems.
All systems interact with their environments, so this is an utterly meaningless thing to say. In other words, the mechanical properties of all systems can change.
...which don't exist.
Meaning the 'most fundamental principles of mechanics' are...
Do you ever lie awake at night worrying about natural laws?
How can we 'focus on basic principles', or indeed 'clarify the nature of physical laws' by using a model that doesn't exist in nature?
I'm sure this has a straightforward explanation and am hoping someone can answer it for me.
Looking at this diagram of Bohr's quantified shell model of the atom:
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005775/Theory/oldtheory_section3.html
...I don't understand what is preventing the electron...