The quantum world : the disturbing theory at the heart of reality
2017
Book
Total copies: 1
Quantum theory is our very best description of the microscopic world of atoms and their constituents. It has given us lasers, computers and nuclear reactors, and even tells us how the sun shines and why the ground beneath our feet is solid. Yet the quantum world defies our sensibilities - it is a place where objects can be in two places at once, influence each other at opposite sides of the cosmos and nothing is as it seems until you measure it. Why is the quantum world so strange? Where does it begin and end? And what does this mean for the bedrock of reality? In attempting to address such frontier questions, this book takes the reader on journey through quantum theory, its mind-bending properties and the technologies transforming our world.
Main title:
The quantum world : the disturbing theory at the heart of reality / New Scientist.
Imprint:
London : John Murray Learning, 2017.
Collation:
xiv, 223 pages. : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781473629462 (pbk)1473629462 (pbk)9781473629479 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
530.12 QUA530.12
LC class:
QC174.123
Language:
English
BRN:
301789