The amazing story of quantum mechanics : a math-free exploration of the science that made our world / James Kakalios

Author: Kakalios, James, 1958-
Published: New York, N.Y. : Gotham Books, [2010]
Copyright Date: ©2010
Physical Description: xv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

SECTION 1. TALES TO ASTONISH -- Chapter One. Quantum Mechanics in Three Easy Steps -- Chapter Two. Photons at the Beach -- Chapter Three. Fearful Symmetry -- Chapter Four. It's All Done with Magnets -- SECTION 2. CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN -- Chapter Five. Wave Functions All the Way Down -- Chapter Six. The Equation That Made the Future! -- Chapter Seven. The Uncertainty Principle Made Easy -- Chapter Eight. Why So Blue, Dr. Manhattan? -- SECTION 3. TALES OF THE ATOMIC KNIGHTS -- Chapter Nine. Our Friend, the Atom -- Chapter Ten. Radioactive Man -- Chapter Eleven. Man of the Atom -- SECTION 4. WEIRD SCIENCE STORIES -- Chapter Twelve. Every Man for Himself -- Chapter Thirteen. All for One and One for All -- SECTION 5. MODERN MECHANICS AND INVENTIONS -- Chapter Fourteen. Quantum Invisible "Ink" -- Chapter Fifteen. Death Rays and DVDs -- Chapter Sixteen. The One-Way Door -- Chapter Seventeen. Big Changes Come in Small Packages -- Chapter Eighteen. Spintronics -- Chapter Nineteen. A Window on Inner Space -- SECTION 6. The World of Tomorrow -- Chapter Twenty. Coming Attractions -- Chapter Twenty-one. Seriously, Where's My Jet Pack?

Summary

Most of us are unaware of how much we depend on quantum mechanics on a day-to-day basis. Using illustrations and examples from science fiction pulp magazines and comic books, this book explains the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics that underlie the world we live in.--From publisher description.

Subject(s)

Quantum theory—Miscellanea

ISBN

9781592404797 (hardcover)
1592404790 (hardcover)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of Acquisition

Beaver copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2010.

Endowment Note

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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