In search of Schrödinger's cat
quantum physics and reality
In search of Schrödinger's cat
quantum physics and reality
Book - 1984
An astrophysicist offers an introduction to the theoretical principles, practical applications, and far-reaching implications of quantum physics and quantum mechanics.
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| Langue: | English |
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Toronto ; New York :
Bantam Books,
1984.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a In search of Schrödinger's cat : |b quantum physics and reality / |c John Gribbin. |
| 260 | |a Toronto ; |a New York : |b Bantam Books, |c 1984. | ||
| 300 | |a xvi, 302 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 21 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-289) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a pt. 1. The quantum. 1. Light : Waves of particles? ; Wave theory triumphant -- 2. Atoms : Nineteenth-century atoms ; Einstein's atoms ; Electrons ; Ions ; X rays ; Radioactivity ; Inside the atom -- 3. Light and atoms : The blackbody clue ; An unwelcome revolution ; What is h? ; Einstein, light, and quanta -- 4. Bohr's atom : Jumping electrons ; Hydrogen explained ; An element of change: God's dice ; Atoms in perspective ; Chemistry explained -- pt. 2. Quantum mechanics. 5. Photons and electrons : Particles of light ; Particle/wave duality ; Electron waves ; A break with the past ; Pauli and exclusion ; Where next? -- 6. Matrices and waves : Breakthrough in heligoland ; Quantum math ; Schrödinger's theory ; A backward step ; Quantum cookery -- 7. Cooking with quanta : Antimatter ; Inside the nucleus ; Lasers and masers ; The mighty micro ; Superconductors ; Life itself -- pt. 3. And beyond. 8. Chance and uncertainty : The meaning of uncertainty ; The Copenhagen interpretation ; The experiment with two holes ; Collapsing waves ; Complementarity rules -- 9. Paradoxes and possibilities : The clock in the box ; The "EPR paradox" ; Time travel ; Einstein's time ; Something for nothing ; Schrödinger's cat ; The participatory universe -- 10. The proof of the pudding : The spin paradox ; The polarization puzzle ; The Bell test ; The proof ; What does it mean? ; Confirmation and applications -- 11. Many worlds : Who observes the observers? ; Schrödinger's cats ; Beyond science fiction ; Beyond Einstein? ; A second look ; Beyond Everett ; Our special place -- Unfinished business : Twisted space-time ; Broken symmetry ; Supergravity ; Is the universe a vacuum fluctuation? ; Inflation and the universe. | |
| 520 | |a An astrophysicist offers an introduction to the theoretical principles, practical applications, and far-reaching implications of quantum physics and quantum mechanics. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Quantum theory |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Reality. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Schrödinger, Erwin, |d 1887-1961. |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Gribbin, John R. |t In search of Schrödinger's cat. |d Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books, 1984 |w (OCoLC)623135724 |
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