Surfing the Quantum World
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ISBN:
9780198808275
Publication date:
16/10/2017
Hardback
304 pages
228x144mm
Price: 1295.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198808275
Publication date:
16/10/2017
Hardback
304 pages
Frank S. Levin
Demonstrates how quantum theory explains the bizarre quantum world,Carefully explores the fundamental principles of quantum theory,Bridges the gap between in-depth texts on quantum mechanics and descriptive popular books on quantum ideas and phenomena
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Frank S. Levin
Description
The ideas and phenomena of the quantum world are strikingly unlike those encountered in our visual world. Surfing the Quantum World shows why and how this is so. It does this via a historical review and a gentle introduction to the fundamental principles of quantum theory, whose core concepts and symbolic representations are used to explain not only "ordinary" microscopic phenomena like the properties of the hydrogen atom and the structure of the Periodic Table of the Elements, but also a variety of mind-bending phenomena. Readers will learn that particles such as electrons and photons can behave like waves, allowing them to be in two places simultaneously, why white dwarf and neutron stars are gigantic quantum objects, how the maximum height of mountains has a quantum basis, and why quantum objects can tunnel through seemingly impenetrable barriers. Included among the various interpretational issues addressed is whether Schrödinger's cat is ever both dead and alive.
About the author
Frank S. Levin, Professor Emeritus, Brown UniversityDuring his tenure in the Brown University Physics Department, Frank Levin taught undergraduate and graduate physics courses and carried out U. S. government-funded research on nuclear reactions, collision theory, and few-body quantum systems. He edited several books, published widely in refereed journals, was a visiting professor in other countries, lectured in international conferences and summer schools, and founded a sub-division of the American Physical Society, of which he is a Fellow. Since retiring, he has published a quantum theory textbook, a popular science book on cosmology, and has taught science courses for those with neither a math nor a science background.
Frank S. Levin
Table of contents
1:The Nature of Science
2:The Nature of Light
3:The Reality of Atoms
4:The Quantum Hypothesis
5:The Nuclear Atom
6:Creating Quantum Mechanics
7:Quantum Boxes, Stringed Instruments
8:Quantum Theory
9:The Hydrogen Atom and Its Colorful Photons
10:Spin ½ and the Periodic Table
11:Interference Phenomena: Exploring the Essential Mystery
12:Macroscopic Manifestations of Quantum Mechanics
13:Quantum Tunneling
14:Entanglement and the Elements of Reality
15:Schrödinger's Cat and the Meaning of It All
Frank S. Levin
Description
The ideas and phenomena of the quantum world are strikingly unlike those encountered in our visual world. Surfing the Quantum World shows why and how this is so. It does this via a historical review and a gentle introduction to the fundamental principles of quantum theory, whose core concepts and symbolic representations are used to explain not only "ordinary" microscopic phenomena like the properties of the hydrogen atom and the structure of the Periodic Table of the Elements, but also a variety of mind-bending phenomena. Readers will learn that particles such as electrons and photons can behave like waves, allowing them to be in two places simultaneously, why white dwarf and neutron stars are gigantic quantum objects, how the maximum height of mountains has a quantum basis, and why quantum objects can tunnel through seemingly impenetrable barriers. Included among the various interpretational issues addressed is whether Schrödinger's cat is ever both dead and alive.
About the author
Frank S. Levin, Professor Emeritus, Brown UniversityDuring his tenure in the Brown University Physics Department, Frank Levin taught undergraduate and graduate physics courses and carried out U. S. government-funded research on nuclear reactions, collision theory, and few-body quantum systems. He edited several books, published widely in refereed journals, was a visiting professor in other countries, lectured in international conferences and summer schools, and founded a sub-division of the American Physical Society, of which he is a Fellow. Since retiring, he has published a quantum theory textbook, a popular science book on cosmology, and has taught science courses for those with neither a math nor a science background.
Table of contents
1:The Nature of Science
2:The Nature of Light
3:The Reality of Atoms
4:The Quantum Hypothesis
5:The Nuclear Atom
6:Creating Quantum Mechanics
7:Quantum Boxes, Stringed Instruments
8:Quantum Theory
9:The Hydrogen Atom and Its Colorful Photons
10:Spin ½ and the Periodic Table
11:Interference Phenomena: Exploring the Essential Mystery
12:Macroscopic Manifestations of Quantum Mechanics
13:Quantum Tunneling
14:Entanglement and the Elements of Reality
15:Schrödinger's Cat and the Meaning of It All
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