Quantum Physics

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As you read these words, copies of you are being created. Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist and one of this worlds most celebrated writers on science, rewrites the history of 20th century physics. Already hailed as a masterpiece, Something Deeply Hidden shows for the first time that facing up to the essential puzzle of quantum mechanics utterly t...

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Celebrated for his brilliantly quirky insights into the physical world, Nobel laureate Richard Feynman also possessed an extraordinary talent for explaining difficult concepts to the general public. Here Feynman provides a classic and definitive introduction to QED (namely, quantum electrodynamics), that part of quantum field theory describing the ...

The Evolution of Cooperation provides valuable insights into the ageold question of whether unforced cooperation is ever possible. Widely praised and muchdiscussed, this classic book explores how cooperation can emerge in a world of selfseeking egoists?whether superpowers, businesses, or individuals?when there is no central authority to police t...

"A thorough, illuminating exploration of the most consequential controversy raging in modern science." New York Times Book ReviewEvery physicist agrees quantum mechanics is among humanity's finest scientific achievements. But ask what it means, and the result will be a brawl. For a century, most physicists have followed Niels Bohr's solipsistic a...

In dit succesvolle boek verklaart Chad Orzel basisbegrippen van de natuurkunde, waarbij hij het gedrag van zijn hond Emmy als uitgangspunt neemt. Emmy is niet zo maar een hond! Ze kan praten en ze is gefascineerd door het werk van haar baasje, die professor in de natuurkunde is.Kan ze het tunneleffect gebruiken om door het hek in de tuin van de bur...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Physics, Science lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for big-picture nonfiction and accessible learning. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

From the bestselling author of The Theoretical Minimum, a DIY introduction to the math and science of quantum physicsFirst he taught you classical mechanics. Now, physicist Leonard Susskind has teamed up with data engineer Art Friedman to present the theory and associated mathematics of the strange world of quantum mechanics.In this followup to Th...

This concise book introduces nonphysicists to the core philosophical issues surrounding the nature and structure of space and time, and is also an ideal resource for physicists interested in the conceptual foundations of spacetime theory. Tim Maudlin's broad historical overview examines Aristotelian and Newtonian accounts of space and time, and tr...

Anybody who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it. Niels Bohr's dictum bears witness to the bewildering impact of quantum theory, flying in the face of classical physics and dramatically transforming scientists' outlook on our relationship with the material world. In this book Paul Davies interviews eight physicists involved in deb...

Around 1900, physicists started to discover particles like electrons, protons, and neutrons, and with these discoveries believed they could predict the internal behavior of the atom. However, once their predictions were compared to the results of experiments in the real world, it became clear that the principles of classical physics and mechanics w...

Speculation is rife that by 2012 the elusive Higgs boson will be found at the Large Hadron Collider. If found, the Higgs boson would help explain why everything has mass. But there?s more at stake?what we?re really testing is our capacity to make the universe reasonable. Our best understanding of physics is predicated on something known as quantum ...

Einstein's steadfast refusal to accept certain aspects of quantum theory was rooted in his insistence that physics has to be about reality. Accordingly, he once derided as "spooky action at a distance" the notion that two elementary particles far removed from each other could nonetheless influence each other's properties?a hypothetical phenomenon h...

Explore the principles and practicalities of quantum computing Key Features Discover how quantum computing works and delve into the math behind it with this quantum computing textbook Learn how it may become the most important new computer Technology, of the century Explore the inner workings of quantum computing Technology, to quickly process comple...

Quantum physics is the most fundamental but also the most baffling branch of science. Allowing for deadandalive cats, teleportation, antimatter, and parallel universes, as well as underpinning all of our digital Technology,, it's as important as it is mindbending. This clear and compact book demystifies the strange and beautiful quantum wor...

From quarks to computing, this fascinating introduction covers every element of the quantum world in clear and accessible language. Drawing on a wealth of expertise to explain just what a fascinating field quantum physics is, Rae points out that it is not simply a maze of technical jargon and philosophical ideas, but a reality which affects our dai...

How would you like to experience your life It?s an intriguing question, and yet we?ve been conditioned to believe our life visions and goals are often unattainable?until now. With The Possibility Principle, psychotherapist Mel Schwartz offers a revolutionary approach to living the life we choose. Though science has vastly expanded our knowledge, i...

This is a popular science book exploring the limits of scientific explanation. In particular, it debates if all sciences will ultimately be reducible to physics. The journey starts with physics itself, where there is a gap between the micro (quantum) and the macro (classical) and moves into chemistry, biology and the social sciences. Written by a p...

Quantum Physics For Dummies helps make quantum physics understandable and accessible. From what quantum physics can do for the world to understanding hydrogen atoms, readers will get complete coverage of the subject, along with numerous examples to help them tackle the tough equations. Compatible with classroom text books and courses, Quantum Physi...

"In her book, From Quantum Physics to Energy Healing ? A Physicist?s Journey to Mind and Healing, Dr. Johanna Blomqvist provides a stimulating and informative introduction to the phenomenon of anomalous energy healing, along with the story of her own journey of exploration. I heartly recommend it to anyone who is drawn to the topic of alternative h...

This brilliantly innovative textbook is intended as a first introduction to quantum mechanics and its applications. Townsend's new text shuns the historical ordering that characterizes socalled Modern Physics textbooks and applies a truly modern approach to this subject, starting instead with contemporary singlephoton and singleatom interference...

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 fa...

Changes and additions to the new edition of this classic textbook include a new chapter on symmetries, new problems and examples, improved explanations, more numerical problems to be worked on a computer, new applications to solid state physics, and consolidated treatment of timedependent potentials.>Provides clear and accessible explanations of t...

Quantum Mechanics: Concepts and Applications provides a clear, balanced and modern introduction to the subject. Written with the student?s background and ability in mind the book takes an innovative approach to quantum mechanics by combining the essential elements of the theory with the practical applications: it is therefore both a textbook and a ...

For most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable science. And yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superblywritten history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its heart.For 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theo...

The Second Creation is the intimate story of the decadeslong scientific quest for "unification," a theory that draws together all matter and energy, from the hottest supernovas to the whirring fragments of the atom. Based on scores of indepth interviews with such brilliant scientists as Max Planck, Erwin Schrodinger, Richard Feynman, Murray Gell...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWSIn a memoir of family bonding and cuttingedge physics for readers of Brian Greene?s The Hidden Reality and Jim Holt?s Why Does the World Exist, Amanda Gefter tells the story of how she conned her way into a career as a science journalist?and wound up hanging out, talking shop, and butting h...

What Is Life is a 1944 nonfiction science book written for the lay reader by physicist Erwin Schrödinger. The book was based on a course of public lectures delivered by Schrödinger in February 1943 at Trinity College, Dublin. Schrödinger's lecture focused on one important question: "how can the events in space and time which take place within the...

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In trying to understand the atom, physicists built quantum mechanics, the most successful theory in science and the basis of onethird of our economy. They found, to their embarrassment, that with their theory, physics encounters consciousness. Authors Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner explain all this in nontechnical terms with help from some fanc...

"Entertaining, insightful and simply brilliant. Quantum Physics for Hippies shatters your perception of reality." Dr. Mark Müller Bob, a spiritual hippie, meets the witty nerd Alice, who daydreams about quantum physics all day long. This chance meeting starts them on a mindblowing journey into the nature of reality that will change their lives ...

A revision of a successful junior/senior level text, this introduction to elementary quantum mechanics clearly explains the properties of the most important quantum systems. Emphasizes the applications of theory, and contains new material on particle physics, electronpositron annihilation in solids and the Mossbauer effect. Includes new appendices...

Erwin Schrodinger was a brilliant and charming Austrian, a great scientist, and a man with a passionate interest in people and ideas. In this, the first comprehensive biography of Schrodinger, Walter Moore draws upon recollections of Schrodinger's friends, family and colleagues, and on contemporary records, letters and diaries. Schrodinger's life i...

There are two scientific theories that, taken together, explain the entire universe. The first, which describes the force of gravity, is widely known: Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. But the theory that explains everything elsethe Standard Model of Elementary Particlesis virtually unknown among the general public.In The Theory of Almos...

Werner Heisenberg's genius and his place at the forefront of modern physics are unquestioned. His decision to remain in Germany throughout the Third Reich and his role in Hitler's atomic bomb project are still topics of heated debate. UNCERTAINTY is David Cassidy's compelling portrait of this brilliant, ambitious, and controversial scientist. It is...

Join Dr. Eric O'Dierno, Ph.D.Parapsychology, on a journey through the early stages of science to the fields of Quantum Physics, Human Consciousness and their links to the world of the Paranormal. Along the way, you will read a few of the Case Files from Memento Mori Paranormal Investigations, a group that Dr. O'Dierno founded and is committed to f...

A contrarian argues that modern physicists' obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad science. Whether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories from disposable ones. This is why, Sabine Hossenfelder ...

An accessible introduction to an exciting new area in computation, explaining such topics as qubits, entanglement, and quantum teleportation for the general reader.Quantum computing is a beautiful fusion of quantum physics and computer science, incorporating some of the most stunning ideas from twentiethcentury physics into an entirely new way of ...

In The Age of Entanglement, Louisa Gilder brings to life one of the pivotal debates in twentieth century physics. In 1935, Albert Einstein famously showed that, according to the quantum theory, separated particles could act as if intimately connected?a phenomenon which he derisively described as ?spooky action at a distance.? In that same year, Erw...

The Quantum Challenge, Second Edition, is an engaging and thorough treatment of the extraordinary phenomena of quantum mechanics and of the enormous challenge they present to our conception of the physical world. Traditionally, the thrill of grappling with such issues is reserved for practicing scientists, while physical science, mathematics, and e...

After the formulations of Newton and Maxwell theories, it seemed that nothing else could alter the path taken in the Physical description of natural phenomena.The principle of causality well described the electromagnetic phenomena and the motion of celestial bodies, from a deterministic point of view.With the formulation of the Theory of relativity...