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Absolutely small : how quantum theory explains our everyday world /

This book makes the field of quantum theory understandable to nonscientists, without oversimplifying and without bogging down in complicated math. It uses clear explanations, real-world examples, and diagrams instead of dense equations to help you understand.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fayer, Michael D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : AMACOM, American Management Association, [2010]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Schrödinger's cat
  • Size is absolute
  • Some things about waves
  • The photoelectric effect and Einstein's explanation
  • Light: waves or particles?
  • How big is a photon and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle
  • Photons, electrons, and baseballs
  • Quantum racquetball and the color of fruit
  • The hydrogen atom: the history
  • The hydrogen atom: quantum theory
  • Many electron atoms and the periodic table of elements
  • The hydrogen molecule and the covalent bond
  • What holds atoms together
  • diatomic molecules
  • Bigger molecules: the shapes of polyatomic molecules
  • Beer and soap
  • Fat, it's all about the double bonds
  • Green house gases
  • Aromatic molecules
  • Metals, insulators, and semiconductors
  • Think quantum.