$28.87
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
10 December 2012
Summary
Quantum mechanics underpins modern science and provides us with a blueprint for reality itself. And yet, it has been said that if you’re not shocked by it, you don’t understand it. But is quantum physics really so unknowable? Is reality really so strange? And just how can cats be half-alive and half-dead at the same time?
Our journey into the quantum begins with nature’s own conjuring trick, in which we discover that atoms - contrary to the rules of everyday experience - can exist in …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780223957 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780223951 |
| Author: | Jim Al-Khalili |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 10 December 2012 |
| Weight: | 259g |
| Dimensions: | 135mm x 201mm x 22mm |
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Al-Khalili succeeds in making the quantum world understandable. Well, almost.
A superb introduction … Al-Khalili succeeds in making the quantum world understandable. Well, almost * GUARDIAN *Al-Khalili is the ideal guide through [the] mysteries of modern science * NEW SCIENTIST, praise for Paradox *A master of making the complex simple * INDEPENDENT, praise for Paradox *Al-Khalili is a superb guide to the fundamental principles of quantum theory * MAIL ON SUNDAY, praise for The World According to Physics *
About The Author
Jim Al-Khalili
Dr Jim al-Khalili is a theoretical physicist and senior lecturer in the Department of Physics at the University of Surrey. He has twice been nominated for the Royal Society’s Michael Faraday Award for the Public Understanding of Science and is the Institute of Physics Schools and Colleges lecturer. He is the author of Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines and has appeared on Radio 4’s Leading Edge and the BBC’s Tomorrow World and Horizon programmes.
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