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Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2002
ISBN
0192802526, 9780192802521
LCC
QC174.12 .P637 2002
Open Library ID
OL3656313M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
929 kB (951778 bytes)
Series
A Very Short Introduction
Edition
1st
Pages
129\129
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50

Description

Quantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid, exciting, and accessible account of the surprising and counterintuitive ideas that shape our understanding of the sub-atomic world. It does not disguise the problems of interpretation that still remain unsettled 75 years after the initial discoveries. The main text makes no use of equations, but there is a Mathematical Appendix for those desiring stronger fare. Uncertainty, probabilistic physics, complementarity, the problematic character of measurement, and decoherence are among the many topics discussed. This volume offers the reader access to one of the greatest discoveries in the history of physics and one of the outstanding intellectual achievements of the twentieth century.

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