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Quantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid, exciting, and accessible account of the surprising and counterintuitive ideas that shape our understanding of the sub-atomic world. It does not disguise the problems of interpretation that still remain unsettled 75 years after the initial discoveries. The main text makes no use of equations, but there is a Mathematical Appendix for those desiring stronger fare. Uncertainty, probabilistic physics, complementarity, the problematic character of measurement, and decoherence are among the many topics discussed.
| ISBN | 0192802526 | | Pages | 128 | | ISBN13 | 9780192802521
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Weight (grammes) | 113 | | Imprint | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Format | Paperback | | Series ISSN | 69 | | Publication date | 30 May 2002 | | Series title | Very Short Introductions | | Non-book description | 113 p. : | | Height (mm) | 178 | | Library of Congress | 2002510455 | | Width (mm) | 112 | | DEWEY | 530.12 | | Spine width (mm) | 8 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General |
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| | | Preface | | | | | | List of illustrations | | | | 1 | | Classical cracks | | 1 | | 2 | | The light dawns | | 15 | | 3 | | Darkening perplexities | | 39 | | 4 | | Further developments | | 58 | | 5 | | Togetherness | | 77 | | 6 | | Lessons and meanings | | 82 | | | | Further reading | | 93 | | | | Glossary | | 95 | | | | Mathematical appendix | | 99 | | | | Index | | 111 |
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