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Quantum : A Guide For The Perplexed

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Quantum mechanics is the most fundamental scientific theory known to man.

It underpins modern science and technology and even provides us with a blueprint for reality itself. And yet it has been said that if you think you understand it, you quite clearly don't.

But is quantum physics really so unknowable? Is reality really so strange? And just how can cats be half alive and half dead at the same time?

This book untangles the weirdness of the quantum world, explains the theories, explores their consequences and presents a cutting-edge guide to the current state of the science.

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1841882380 / 9781841882383
Paperback / softback
530.12
13/05/2004
United Kingdom
English
280 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)
22 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: 2003.
'An excellent introduction to the strangest and most vital of scientific fields' - FORTEAN TIMES 'Excellent and lavishly illustrated book.' NEW SCIENTIST 'One of the better introductions you can buy.' FOCUS The first fully illustrated guide to quantum physics - specially commissioned illustrations throughout Includes short essays from quantum pioneers such as Michael Berry, Paul Davies and Anton Zellinger Jim al-Khalili is the author of the bestselling BLACK HOLES, WORMHOLES AND TIME MACHINES
'An excellent introduction to the strangest and most vital of scientific fields' - FORTEAN TIMES 'Excellent and lavishly illustrated book.' NEW SCIENTIST 'One of the better introductions you can buy.' FOCUS The first fully illustrated guide to quantum physics - specially commissioned illustrations throughout Includes short essays from quantum pioneers such as Michael Berry, Paul Davies and Anton Zellinger Jim al-Khalili is the author of the bestselling BLACK HOLES, WORMHOLES AND TIME MACHINES PHQ Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)