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"At the start of the twentieth century, our knowledge of science appeared complete and it seemed that the laws of nature were almost all discovered, but then we woke a sleeping giant--we discovered quantum mechanics. In the quantum realm, objects can be in two places at once. It's a place where time travel is not only possible, but necessary. It's a place where cause and effect can happen in reverse and observing something changes its state. From parallel universes to antimatter, quantum mechanics has revealed that when you get right down to it, the laws of nature are insane. The scientist J. B. S. Haldane once said, "Reality is not only stranger than we imagine, it's stranger than we can imagine." Never is this more true than with quantum mechanics. This comprehensive beginner's guide to quantum mechanics explains not only the weirdness of the subject but the experiments that proved it to be true. Using a humorous and light-hearted approach, Fundamental tells the story of how the most brilliant minds in science grappled with seemingly impossible ideas and gave us everything from microchips to particle accelerators. Fundamental gives clear explanations of all the quantum phenomena known to modern science, without requiring an understanding of complex mathematics; it tells the eccentric stories of the scientists who made these shattering discoveries and what they used them for; it explains how quantum field theory (a topic not covered in detail by any other popular-science book) gave rise to particle physics and why the Higgs boson isn't the end of the story."--Pages [2-3] of cover.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: ch. One Glowing with Pride
• ch. Two Bits and Pieces
• ch. Three Aristocrats, Bombs and Pollen
• ch. Four Taming the Beast
• ch. Five Things Get Even Weirder Again
• ch. Six Box and the Pussycat
• ch. Seven World is an Illusion
• ch. Eight Quantum Must Die
• ch. Nine Teleportation, Time Machines and Twirling
• ch. Ten Quantum Mechanics Proves I am Batman
• ch. Eleven Far Afield
• ch. Twelve Lines and Wiggles
• ch. Thirteen Particle Physics Gets Jacked
• ch. Fourteen Honey, Where's My Higgs?
• ch. Fifteen Trouble with G
• Timeline of Quantum and Particle Physics
• Appendix I Closer Look at Spin
• Appendix II Solving Schrodinger
• Appendix III Einstein's Bicycle
• Appendix IV Taming Infinity

• Appendix V Paint with All the Colours of the Quark.

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Author/Creator:

James, Tim (Chemistry teacher) , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Fundamental: how quantum and particle physics explain absolutely everything [by James, T.]

Subjects:

Quantum theory

Physics — Popular works

Science — Popular works

General Notes:

Includes bibliographic notes (pages 215-222) and index.
A brilliantly diverting and mind-expanding guide to quantum and particle physics.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

QC174.125 .J36 2020eb

ISBNs:

9781643134710 (electronic bk.)
164313471X (electronic bk.)
9781643134703 [Invalid]
1643134701 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1162146700

Other Control Numbers:

EBC6234209 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp301347533