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101 Quantum Questions
What You Need to Know About the World You Can't See
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Kenneth W. Ford
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Illustrator:
Paul Hewitt
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English
Published/Copyright:
2012
About this book
This reader-friendly, richly illustrated book provides an engaging overview of quantum physics, from “big ideas” like probability and uncertainty and conservation laws to the behavior of quarks and photons and neutrinos, and on to explanations of how a laser works and why black holes evaporate.
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In this entertaining and comprehensive overview, Ford, former director of the American Institute of Physics, manages to encapsulate modern physics while illuminating rather than befuddling the lay reader...By using humor and straight talk to answer questions that often bedevil the non-scientist who attempts to grasp this knotty subject, Ford has created an entertaining read and an excellent companion piece to more detailed popular treatments of modern physics.
-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Kenneth Ford's question-and-answer-style guide to the weirdness of the quantum realm is a clear and handy reference. Ford's easy-going prose will help you feel right at home at nature's tiniest and most counterintuitive scale.
-- Amanda Gefter New Scientist
-- Amanda Gefter New Scientist
Among the slew of books published in the last several decades aiming to explain modern physics to the public, this work is surely one of the best.
-- Jack W. Weigel Library Journal (starred review)
-- Jack W. Weigel Library Journal (starred review)
This work provides the means for a lay reader to gain a basic understanding of much of the technical language and jargon that filters into popular accounts of quantum physics.
-- D. B. Moss Choice
-- D. B. Moss Choice
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
July 15, 2011
eBook ISBN:
9780674060937
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
304
Other:
39 halftones, 64 line illustrations, 9 tables
eBook ISBN:
9780674060937
Audience(s) for this book
General/trade;
