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Schrodinger's Kittens
John Gribbin
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Description for Schrodinger's Kittens
Paperback. Accessible exploration of one of the most exciting areas of scientific inquiry - the nature of light. Num Pages: 272 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: PD; PHJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Accessible exploration of one of the most exciting areas of scientific inquiry - the nature of light.
Following on from his bestseller, SCHRODINGER'S CAT, John Gribbin presents the recent dramatic improvements in experimental techniques that have enabled physicists to formulate and test new theories about the nature of light. He describes these theories not in terms of hard-to-imagine entities like spinning subnuclear particles, but in terms of the fate of two small cats, separated at a tender age and carried to opposite ends of the universe. In this way Gribbin introduces the reader to such new developments ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Weight
261g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857994025
SKU
V9781857994025
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About John Gribbin
John Gribbin has a Ph.D in Astrophysics from the University of Cambridge and is now Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex. His books have been translated into many languages and have won awards both in Britain and the United States. He is a consultant to the New Scientist.
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