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Quantum weirdness /

Quantum mechanics allows accurate predictions of nature, yet it also uncovers surprises like teleportation and multiple universes. It involves complicated mathematics, yet most general reader texts avoid mathematics. This book uses on high-school level mathematics to provide a deeper understanding o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mullin, William J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Waves
  • Quantum particles and waves
  • Harmonic oscillators
  • Superposition
  • Entanglement
  • The Mach-Zehnder interferometer
  • Bell's theorem and the Mermin machine
  • What is a wave function?
  • Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity
  • The quantum zeno effect
  • Bosons and fermions
  • The quantum eraser
  • Virtual particles and the four forces
  • Teleportation of a quantum state
  • Quantum computing
  • Weird measurements
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix : classical particle dynamics.