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Quantum: A Guide For The Perplexed
Jim Al-Khalili
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Description for Quantum: A Guide For The Perplexed
paperback. From Schrodinger's cat to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, this book untangles the weirdness of the quantum world. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
From Schrodinger's cat to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, this book untangles the weirdness of the quantum world.
Quantum mechanics underpins modern science and provides us with a blueprint for reality itself. And yet it has been said that if you're not shocked by it, you don't understand it. But is quantum physics really so unknowable? Is reality really so strange? And just how can cats be half-alive and half-dead at the same time?
Our journey into the quantum begins with nature's own conjuring trick, in which we discover that atoms -- contrary to the rules of everyday experience -- ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780223957
SKU
V9781780223957
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About Jim Al-Khalili
Jim Al-Khalili OBE is a British scientist, author and prolific broadcaster. He is a professor of Physics at the University of Surrey where he also holds a chair in the Public Engagement in Science. He is a vice president and trustee of the British Science Association and holds an EPSRC Senior Media Fellowship. He also recently promised to eat his ... Read more
Reviews for Quantum: A Guide For The Perplexed
Al-Khalili succeeds in making the quantum world understandable. Well, almost.
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