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Quantum Physics / Humphrey, Marc.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Humphrey, Marc, author.
- Pancella, Paul, author.
- Berrah, Norah, author.
- Series:
- Idiot's Guides
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quantum theory.
- Physics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- Alpha, 2015.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Quantum physics explores the behavior of matter and energy at the molecular, atomic, nuclear, and even smaller levels. Idiot's Guides: Quantum Physics makes this very complex topic easy to understand. It skips the complicated math and dives right into all the concepts, paradoxes, thought experiments, and implications that make quantum mechacs so fascinating to armchair science buffs. Topics covered include: - Quantum vs. classical physics - A look at the smallest known particles - How the tiniest particles behave both as particles and waves - The famous double-slit experiment - Quantum wave function - The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle - How particles can be in multiple places at once - Quantum entanglement - The Schrodinger's cat thought experiment - Competing interpretations of quantum physics - The Copenhagen interpretation and need for an observer - The role of consciousness in quantum theory - The Many Worlds interpretation and parallel universes - Building a quantum computer - Quantum gravity and the search for a theory of everything
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1: Quantum vs. Classical Physics
- 1 Putting the “Quantum” in Quantum Physics
- What Is Physics?
- Understanding, Predicting, and Applying
- Theory, Experiment, Gedankenexperiment
- The Process of Physics
- The Scale of Quantum Physics
- What’s New?
- Intrinsic Granularity
- Logical Inconsistencies
- Inherent Uncertainty
- Interactive Measurements
- 2 Pre-Quantum Mechanics
- How Forces Move Us
- The Universal Law of Gravity
- Force Fields and Potential Energy
- Causal and Predictive Determinism
- The Classical Certainty Principle
- The Conservation Laws
- 3 Light and Matter
- Newton’s Light Corpuscles
- Young’s Double-Slit Experiment
- Maxwell’s Famous Equations
- Electromagnetic Spectra
- A Touch of Thermodynamics Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; Title from title page (viewed January 6, 2015)
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 971629308
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