Fields and Their Quanta : Making Sense of Quantum Foundations / / by Art Hobson
| Fields and Their Quanta : Making Sense of Quantum Foundations / / by Art Hobson |
| Autore | Hobson Art |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 pages) |
| Disciplina | 530.12 |
| Soggetto topico |
Quantum physics
Elementary particles (Physics) Quantum field theory Physics - Philosophy Quantum Physics Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory Philosophy of Physics |
| ISBN |
9783031726132
3031726138 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Quantum confusion: Foundations are in risky disarray -- A few interpretations -- The classical (non-quantized) electromagnetic field -- There are no particles, there are only quantized fields -- The fundamental theory: relativistic quantum fields -- Quantum randomness -- Quanta and their states -- More about superpositions -- Entanglement, nonlocality, and special relativity -- The detection problem -- Conclusions. |
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Physics : concepts and connections / / Art Hobson
| Physics : concepts and connections / / Art Hobson |
| Autore | Hobson Art |
| Edizione | [Pearson new international edition, Fifth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (537 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 530 |
| Collana | Pearson custom library |
| Soggetto topico | Physics |
| ISBN | 1-292-05361-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Table of Contents -- Glossary -- 1. The Way of Science: Experience and Reason -- Problem Set (5/e): The Way of Science: Experience and Reason -- 2. Atoms: The Nature of Things -- Problem Set (5/e): Atoms: The Nature of Things -- 3. How Things Move: Galileo Asks the Right Questions -- Problem Set (5/e): How Things Move: Galileo Asks the Right Questions -- 4. Why Things Move as They Do -- Problem Set (5/e): Why Things Move as They Do -- 5. Newton's Universe -- Problem Set (5/e): Newton's Universe -- 6. Conservation of Energy: You Can't Get Ahead -- Problem Set (5/e): Conservation of Energy: You Can't Get Ahead -- 7. Second Law of Thermodynamics -- Problem Set (5/e): Second Law of Thermodynamics -- 8. Electromagnetism -- Problem Set (5/e): Electromagnetism -- 9. Waves, Light, and Climate Change -- Problem Set (5/e): Waves, Light, and Climate Change -- 10. The Special Theory of Relativity -- Problem Set (5/e): The Special Theory of Relativity -- 11. Einstein's Universe and the New Cosmology -- Problem Set (5/e): Einstein's Universe and the New Cosmology -- 12. The Quantum Idea -- Problem Set (5/e): The Quantum Idea -- 13. The Quantum Universe -- Problem Set (5/e): The Quantum Universe -- 14. The Nucleus and Radioactivity: A New Force -- Problem Set (5/e): The Nucleus and Radioactivity: A New Force -- 15. The Energy Challenge -- Problem Set (5/e): The Energy Challenge -- 16. Fusion and Fission-and a New Energy -- Problem Set (5/e): Fusion and Fission-and a New Energy -- 17. Quantum Fields: Relativity Meets the Quantum -- Problem Set (5/e): Quantum Fields: Relativity Meets the Quantum -- 18. Summing Up -- Periodic Table of the Elements -- Flow Chart of Topics -- Index. |
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Tales of the quantum : understanding physics' most fundamental theory / / Art Hobson
| Tales of the quantum : understanding physics' most fundamental theory / / Art Hobson |
| Autore | Hobson Art |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 530.12 |
| Soggetto topico | Quantum theory |
| ISBN |
0-19-938424-X
0-19-938423-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154736003321 |
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| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017 | ||
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