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Quantum themes : the charms of the microworld / Thanu Padmanabhan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Padmanabhan, T. (Thanu), 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmology.
- Mathematical statistics.
- Microphysics.
- Quantum theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Quantum theory is one of the more abstract branches of theoretical physics, yet it makes clear and concrete predictions which are repeatedly verified experimentally. More recently, there has been some confluence between the concepts of microphysics and those of macrophysics. Currently fashionable ideas in cosmology are also deeply linked to concepts from quantum theory, thus piquing greater interest in this subject. This timely book takes stock of what quantum theory has achieved and where it is leading to at present, in a manner understandable to an educated layman. The book describes concept
- Contents:
- Preface; Contents; 1. The hubris of classical physics; 2. And then there was Einstein; 3. Madness of the micro-world; 4. Particles, particles everywhere; 5. Cosmos and the quantum; 6. Matters of gravity; 7. In the beginning .; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612442599
- 9781282442597
- 1282442597
- 9789812835475
- 9812835474
- OCLC:
- 567708880
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