30-Second Quantum Theory

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Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; The Birth Of The Theory; GLOSSARY; The Ultraviolet Catastrophe; Planck's Quanta; Einstein Explains the Photoelectric Effect; Balmer's Predictable Spectrum; Bohr's Atom; profile: Niels Bohr; Wave-Particle Duality; De Broglie's Matter Waves; Quantum Double Slit; The Essentials; GLOSSARY; Quantum Spin; Matrix Mechanics; Schrödinger's Equation; profile: Erwin Schrödinger; Schrödinger's Cat; Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle; Collapsing Wavefunctions; Decoherence; The Physics of Light & Matter; GLOSSARY; The Pauli Exclusion Principle; The Dirac Equation.;A beautifully illustrated, full-colour guide to one of science's most infamously impenetrable subjects. Cover Title Contents Introduction The Birth Of The Theory GLOSSARY The Ultraviolet Catastrophe Planck's Quanta Einstein Explains the Photoelectric Effect Balmer's Predictable Spectrum Bohr's Atom profile: Niels Bohr Wave-Particle Duality De Broglie's Matter Waves Quantum Double Slit The Essentials GLOSSARY Quantum Spin Matrix Mechanics Schrödinger's Equation profile: Erwin Schrödinger Schrödinger's Cat Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle Collapsing Wavefunctions Decoherence The Physics of Light & Matter GLOSSARY The Pauli Exclusion Principle The Dirac Equation. Profile: Paul DiracQuantum Field Theory QED Basics The Perils of Renormalization Feynman Diagrams Backwards in Time Quantum Effects & Interpretation GLOSSARY Beam Splitters Quantum Tunnelling Superluminal Experiments Copenhagen Interpretation Bohm Interpretation profile: David Bohm Consciousness Collapse Many Worlds Interpretation Quantum Entanglement GLOSSARY EPR Bell's Inequality profile: John Bell Quantum Encryption Qubits Quantum Computing Quantum Teleportation Quantum Zeno Effect Quantum Applications GLOSSARY The Laser The Transistor The Electron Microscope. MRI ScannersJosephson Junctions profile: Brian Josephson Quantum Dots Quantum Optics Quantum Extremes GLOSSARY Zero Point Energy Superconductors Superfluids Bose-Einstein Condensates profile: Satyendra Nath Bose Quantum Chromodynamics Quantum Biology Quantum Gravity Resources Notes on Contributors Index Acknowledgements Copyright.