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Zusatztext Tales of the Quantum -- a slim volume very handsomely produced by Oxford U.P. -- is his most ambitious undertaking, the capstone of a distinguished career. ... This is certainly an ambitious book, one in which the author has clearly invested a great deal of thought. It is, in its eccentric way, an important book, not least because it is so provocative. Informationen zum Autor Art Hobson is a Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, where he continues to keep a campus office and remains quite active in research. Klappentext This is a book about the quanta that make up our universe¿the highly unified bundles of energy of which everything is made. It explains wave-particle duality, randomness, quantum states, non-locality, Schrodinger's cat, quantum jumps, and more, in everyday language for non-scientists and scientists who wish to fathom science's most fundamental theory. Zusammenfassung This is a book about the quanta that make up our universe--the highly unified bundles of energy of which everything is made. It explains wave-particle duality, randomness, quantum states, non-locality, Schrodinger's cat, quantum jumps, and more, in everyday language for non-scientists and scientists who wish to fathom science's most fundamental theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Tale of the Quantum in the Window THE UNIVERSE IS MADE OF QUANTA Chapter 2: What Is Quantum Physics About? Chapter 3: Particles and Classical Mechanics Chapter 4: Fields and Classical Electromagnetism Chapter 5: What Is a Quantum? HOW QUANTA BEHAVE Chapter 6: Perfect Randomness Chapter 7: Quantum States and How They Change Chapter 8: Superpositions and Macroscopic Quanta Chapter 9: An Entangled, Nonlocal Universe GETTING BACK TO THE NORMAL WORLD Chapter 10: Schrodinger's Cat and "Measurement" Chapter 11: The Environment as Monitor: How Change Becomes Irreversible Endnotes Glossary Index ...
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This is a book about the quanta that make up our universe--the highly unified bundles of energy of which everything is made. It explains wave-particle duality, randomness, quantum states, non-locality, Schrodinger's cat, quantum jumps, and more, in everyday language for non-scientists and scientists who wish to fathom science's most fundamental theory.
