The quantum world : quantum physics for everyone / Kenneth W. Ford.
The quantum world : quantum physics for everyone / Kenneth W. Ford.
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Cambridge, Massachussetts : Harvard University Press, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N530.12/66
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English
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Physical content
ix., 270 p. ; 22cm.
Contents
1. Beneath the Surface of Things -- 2. How Small Is Small? How Fast Is Fast? -- 3. Meet the Leptons -- 4. The Rest of the Extended Family -- 5. Quantum Lumps -- 6. Quantum Jumps -- 7. Social and Antisocial Particles -- 8. Clinging to Constancy -- 9. Waves and Particles -- 10. Pushing the Limits -- A...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachussetts : Harvard University Press, 2004.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2004.
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"As Kenneth W. Ford shows in The Quantum World, the laws governing the very small and the very swift defy common sense and stretch our minds to the limit. Drawing on a deep familiarity with the discoveries of the twentieth century, Ford gives an account of quantum physics that will help the serious reader make sense of a science that, for all its s...
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The quantum world : quantum physics for everyone / Kenneth W. Ford.
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Quantum physics for everyone.
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Includes index.
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N530.12/66
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74VKw5oLXZGA
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0674013425 (cased) :
9780674013421 (alk. paper)
0674013425 (alk. paper)
9780674013421 (hbk.)
0674013425 (hbk.)
9780674013421 (cased) :
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530.12
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991018523579702626
