101 quantum questions : what you need to know about the world you can't see /

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Ken Ford's mission is to help us understand the "great ideas" of quantum physics--ideas such as wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, superposition, and conservation. These fundamental concepts provide the structure for 101 Quantum Questions, an authoritative yet engaging...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ford, Kenneth William, 1926- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Quantum theory > Miscellanea.
Quantum theory > Popular works.
Théorie quantique > Miscellanées.
Théorie quantique > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Quantum theory
Trivia and miscellanea
Popular works
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. The subatomic world
  • section 2. Digging deeper
  • section 3. The small and the swift
  • section 4. Quantum lumps and quantum jumps
  • section 5. Atoms and nuclei
  • section 6. And more about nuclei
  • section 7. Particles
  • section 8. And more particles
  • section 9. Interactions
  • section 10. Constancy during change
  • section 11. Waves and particles
  • section 12. Waves and probability
  • section 13. Quantum physics and technology
  • section 14. Quantum physics at every scale
  • section 15. Frontiers and puzzles.

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