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The quantum world : quantum physics for everyone /

"As Kenneth W. Ford shows in The Quantum World, the laws governing the very small and the very swift defy common sense and stretch our minds to the limit. Drawing on a deep familiarity with the discoveries of the twentieth century, Ford gives an account of quantum physics that will help the ser...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ford, Kenneth William, 1926-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Beneath the surface of things
  • How small is small? How fast is fast?
  • Meet the Leptons
  • The rest of the extended family
  • Quantum lumps
  • Quantum jumps
  • Social and antisocial particles
  • Clinging to constancy
  • Waves and particles
  • Pushing the limits.