Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed - Hardcover

Al-Khalili, Jim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297843052 ISBN 13: 9780297843054

Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, 2003

Synopsis

Quantum mechanics is the most fundamental scientific theory known to man. It underpins modern science and technology and even provides us with a blueprint for reality itself. And yet it has been said that if you think you understand it, you quite clearly don't. 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? This book untangles the weirdness of the quantum world, explains the theories, explores their consequences and presents a cutting-edge guide to the current state of the science.

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About the Author

Dr Jim al-Khalili is a theoretical physicist and senior lecturer in the Department of Physics at the University of Surrey. He has twice been nominated for the Royal Society's Michael Faraday Award for the Public Understanding of Science and is the Institute of Physics Schools and Colleges lecturer. He is the author of BLACK HOLES, WORMHOLES AND TIME MACHINES and has appeared on Radio 4's LEADING EDGE and the BBC's TOMORROW'S WORLD and HORIZON programmes. Also contributing to QUANTUM are: Anton Zeilinger on Buckyballs and the Dual-Slit Experiment Ron Johnson on Radioactive Decay Michael Berry on Quantum Chaos Johnjoe McFadden on Quantum Mechanics in Biology Wojciech Zurek on Decoherence Chris Dewdney on Bohmian Mechanics Paul Davies on The Quantum Vacuum Lee Smolin on Quantum Gravity Frank Close on Unified Theories Ed Hinds on Bose Einstein Condensates Andrew Steane on Quantum Computers

Edition details

• Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297843052
• ISBN 13: 9780297843054
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280