Quirky Quantum Concepts

Author : Eric L. Michelsen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461493056
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quirky Quantum Concepts written by Eric L. Michelsen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quirky Quantum Concepts explains the more important and more difficult concepts in theoretical quantum mechanics, especially those which are consistently neglected or confusing in many common expositions. The emphasis is on physical understanding, which is necessary for the development of new, cutting edge science. In particular, this book explains the basis for many standard quantum methods, which are too often presented without sufficient motivation or interpretation. The book is not a simplification or popularization: it is real science for real scientists. Physics includes math, and this book does not shy away from it, but neither does it hide behind it. Without conceptual understanding, math is gibberish. The discussions here provide the experimental and theoretical reasoning behind some of the great discoveries, so the reader may see how discoveries arise from a rational process of thinking, a process which Quirky Quantum Concepts makes accessible to its readers. Quirky Quantum Concepts is therefore a supplement to almost any existing quantum mechanics text. Students and scientists will appreciate the combination of conversational style, which promotes understanding, with thorough scientific accuracy.

Author : Eric L. Michelsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781461493068
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quirky Quantum Concepts written by Eric L. Michelsen and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Malcolm Longair
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107310911
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quantum Concepts in Physics written by Malcolm Longair and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for advanced undergraduates, physicists, and historians and philosophers of physics, this book tells the story of the development of our understanding of quantum phenomena through the extraordinary years of the first three decades of the twentieth century. Rather than following the standard axiomatic approach, this book adopts a historical perspective, explaining clearly and authoritatively how pioneers such as Heisenberg, Schrodinger, Pauli and Dirac developed the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and merged them into a coherent theory, and why the mathematical infrastructure of quantum mechanics has to be as complex as it is. The author creates a compelling narrative, providing a remarkable example of how physics and mathematics work in practice. The book encourages an enhanced appreciation of the interaction between mathematics, theory and experiment, helping the reader gain a deeper understanding of the development and content of quantum mechanics than any other text at this level.

Author : Jeffrey Strickland
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1257976249
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weird Scientists – the Creators of Quantum Physics written by Jeffrey Strickland and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-09-04 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weird Scientists is a sequel to Men of Manhattan. As I wrote the latter about the nuclear physicists who brought in the era of nuclear power, quantum mechanics (or quantum physics) was unavoidable. Many of the contributors to the science of splitting the atom were also contributors to quantum mechanics. Atomic physics, particle physics, quantum physics, and even relativity are all interrelated. This book is about the men and women who established the science that shook the foundations of classical physics, removed determinism from measurement, and created alternative worlds of reality. The book introduces fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics, roughly in the order they were discovered, as a launching point for describing the scientist and the work that brought forth the concepts.

Author : Marco Masi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781725029569
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quantum Physics written by Marco Masi and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A primer on the conceptual foundations of quantum physics for all. A course on topics that you won't find elsewhere, explained at introductory level. It is designed to be a comprehensive A-Z guide that will save you a ton of time in searching elsewhere trying to piece all the different information together.

Author : Daniel F. Styer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316101878
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Strange World of Quantum Mechanics written by Daniel F. Styer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-02-24 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an exceptionally accessible, accurate, and non-technical introduction to quantum mechanics. After briefly summarizing the differences between classical and quantum behaviour, this engaging account considers the Stern-Gerlach experiment and its implications, treats the concepts of probability, and then discusses the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox and Bell's theorem. Quantal interference and the concept of amplitudes are introduced and the link revealed between probabilities and the interference of amplitudes. Quantal amplitude is employed to describe interference effects. Final chapters explore exciting new developments in quantum computation and cryptography, discover the unexpected behaviour of a quantal bouncing-ball, and tackle the challenge of describing a particle with no position. Thought-provoking problems and suggestions for further reading are included. Suitable for use as a course text, The Strange World of Quantum Mechanics enables students to develop a genuine understanding of the domain of the very small. It will also appeal to general readers seeking intellectual adventure.

Author : Roger Penrose
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quantum Concepts in Space and Time written by Roger Penrose and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1986 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on a conference held at Oxford in the Spring of 1984 to discuss Quantum Gravity. As an assessment of the present status of quantum theory which also considers future developments, this book should provide much stimulating material for both researchers and post graduate students in theortical and mathematical physics.

Author : Brian Clegg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781785782916
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 30-Second Quantum Theory written by Brian Clegg and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling 30-Second... series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand.Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Each idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one picture, all digestible in 30 seconds.30-Second Quantum Theory tackles a mindbendingly mysterious area of physics, introducing the 50 most significant quantum quandaries and ideas. In a world where the quantum physics of electronics is an everyday essential and new quantum developments make headline news, you will visit Parallel Worlds, ride Wave Theory, and learn just enough to talk with certainty about Uncertainty Theory and to untangle the mysteries of quantum entanglement.

Author : Philip Ball
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022655838X
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Weird written by Philip Ball and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it.” Since Niels Bohr said this many years ago, quantum mechanics has only been getting more shocking. We now realize that it’s not really telling us that “weird” things happen out of sight, on the tiniest level, in the atomic world: rather, everything is quantum. But if quantum mechanics is correct, what seems obvious and right in our everyday world is built on foundations that don’t seem obvious or right at all—or even possible. An exhilarating tour of the contemporary quantum landscape, Beyond Weird is a book about what quantum physics really means—and what it doesn’t. Science writer Philip Ball offers an up-to-date, accessible account of the quest to come to grips with the most fundamental theory of physical reality, and to explain how its counterintuitive principles underpin the world we experience. Over the past decade it has become clear that quantum physics is less a theory about particles and waves, uncertainty and fuzziness, than a theory about information and knowledge—about what can be known, and how we can know it. Discoveries and experiments over the past few decades have called into question the meanings and limits of space and time, cause and effect, and, ultimately, of knowledge itself. The quantum world Ball shows us isn’t a different world. It is our world, and if anything deserves to be called “weird,” it’s us.

Author : Banesh Hoffmann
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Strange Story of the Quantum written by Banesh Hoffmann and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1959 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timeless exploration of the work of the great physicists of the early 20th century employs analogies, examples, and imaginative insights rather than computations to explain the dramatic impact of quantum physics on classical theory. Topics include Pauli's exclusion principle, Schroedinger's wave equation, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, and many other concepts. 1959 edition.Reissue of the Dover 1959 edition.