01935oam 2200433I 450 991113180790332120260330230621.00-674-06093-8(CKB)2550000001038930(MiAaPQ)EBC3301227(EXLCZ)99255000000103893020190513d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrier101 quantum questions what you need to know about the world you can't see /Kenneth W. Ford1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. :Harvard University Press,2011.1 online resource (xi, 291 pages) illustrations0-674-06607-3 0-674-05099-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.The subatomic world -- Digging deeper -- The small and the swift -- Quantum lumps and quantum jumps -- Atoms and nuclei -- And more about nuclei -- Particles -- And more particles -- Interactions -- Constancy during change -- Waves and particles -- Waves and probability -- Quantum physics and technology -- Quantum physics at every scale -- Frontiers and puzzles.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.Quantum theoryPopular worksQuantum theoryMiscellaneaQuantum theoryQuantum theory530.12 ‡2 22Ford Kenneth William1926-46873MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911131807903321101 quantum questions4851020UNINA