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The quantum adventure : does God play dice? /
Quantum theory revolutionized physics at the beginning of the last century. Einstein was one of its originators, but as the implications of the theory emerged, he began to have doubts. Are the most basic physical processes based on probability? Is the Universe governed by chance? Do physical objects...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Imperial College Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ch. 1. Prehistory
- Isaac Newton
- ch. 2. Preparing for quantum mechanics
- ch. 3. The pre-quantum atom
- a temporary solution
- ch. 4. Max Planck
- the birth of the quantum adventure
- ch. 5. Light
- wave or projectile?
- ch. 6. Einstein enters the scene
- ch. 7. Niels Bohr introduces the quantum into atomic physics
- ch. 8. Werner Heisenberg
- an equation for uncertainty
- ch. 9. Louis de Broglie
- matter waves
- ch. 10. Erwin Schrodinger
- wave mechanics
- ch. 11. Eigenstates
- the theory of the seen and unseen
- ch. 12. Eigenstates in the subnuclear world
- ch. 13. Paul Dirac
- tying things together
- ch. 14. Richard Feynman
- the strange theory of light and matter
- ch. 15. Quantum reality
- the world of the absurd epilogue
- Milestones.