Quantum

A Guide For The Perplexed

Jim Al-Khalili

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Orion
11 December 2012

Mathematics & Sciences; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)

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 two locations at once. To understand this we travel back to the dawn of the twentieth century and witness the birth of quantum theory, which over the next one hundred years, was to overthrow so many of our deeply held notions about the nature of our universe. Scientists and philosophers have been left grappling with its implications every since.

By: Jim Al-Khalili
Imprint: Orion
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 135mm, Width: 201mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 270g
ISBN: 9781780223957
ISBN 10: 1780223951
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 11 December 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jim Al-Khalili OBE is a British scientist, author and prolific broadcaster. He is a professor of Physics at the University of Surrey where he also holds a chair in the Public Engagement in Science. He is a vice president and trustee of the British Science Association and holds an EPSRC Senior Media Fellowship. He also recently promised to eat his boxer shorts on live TV if the results from the Opera neutrino experiment were proved to be right ...