Surfing the quantum world /

"Venture into the quantum world, where objects can be in two places at the same time and a certain minus sign is the most consequential in the universe. The ideas and phenomena of the quantum world are strikingly unlike those encountered in our visual world. Surfing the Quantum World shows why...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levin, F. S. (Frank S.), 1933- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Quantum theory.
Théorie quantique.
SCIENCE > Energy.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
Quantenphysik
Interpretation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The nature of science
  • The nature of light
  • The reality of atoms
  • The Quantum Hypothesis
  • The nuclear atom
  • Creating quantum mechanics
  • Quantum boxes, stringed instruments
  • Quantum theory
  • The hydrogen atom and its colorful photons
  • Spin 1/2 and the Periodic Table
  • Interference phenomena: exploring the essential mystery
  • Macroscopic manifestations of quantum mechanics
  • Quantum tunneling
  • Entanglement and the elements of reality
  • Schrödinger's Cat and the meaning of it all
  • Appendix A.A list of symbols, etc.
  • Appendix B. Powers of ten
  • Appendix C. Energy, mass, momentum, angular momentum
  • Appendix D. Vectors and coordinate systems
  • Appendix E. Notes on probability.

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