Provides an introduction to quantum theory discussing its origins, pioneers, scientific development, and use in lasers, nuclear power plants, transistors, and computers. Features color diagrams, a glossary, and sources of further reading.
Provides an overview of quantum physics, detailing quantum theory's use in understanding matter and how it exists in the universe. Details the aspects of quantum theory that make it difficult to comprehend and contains black-and-white illustrations.
a math-free exploration of the science that made our world
Kakalios, James
2010
An overview of the world of quantum mechanics and how it led to the invention of laptop computers, MRI machines, and other technology. Discusses how early science fiction predictions of the future were off the mark while scientists of the time such as Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg made discoveries that shaped the actual future. Also explains the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and how they relate to modern and potential future technologies.
Presents a collection of essays that examine contemporary research in quantum physics, including a discussion of its origins, principles, and evolving theories.
An overview of quantum field theory that covers its principles and mathematics, providing sample equations and solutions, and includes chapter quizzes and a final exam.
Presents illustrated explanations of relativity, quantum mechanics, conservation of mass and energy, and the uncertainty principle, and provides a time line, biographical sketches of scientists, and a selected bibliography.
The entire structure of human society is shaken to its roots when a brilliant industrialist creates a new technology that leads to the complete abolition of human privacy forever, and also allows people to look backwards in time.
parallel universes and the deep laws of the cosmos
Greene, B
2011
Discusses recent discoveries in physics and cosmology to explore a range of multiverse proposals, and examines how the knowledge that some aspects of reality may lie beyond human comprehension might affect scientific progress.