Simply Quantum Physics

Description:

The clearest, simplest e-guide to quantum physics ever published. Discovering quantum physics has never been easier. Combining bold graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Quantum Physics is an essential introduction to the subject for those who are short on time but hungry for knowledge. It's a perfect beginner's e-guide to a strange and fascinating world that at times seems to conflict with common sense. Covering more than 80 key ideas from the uncertainty principle to quantum tunneling, it is divided into pared-back, single- or double-page entries that explain concepts simply and visually. Assuming no previous knowledge of physics, it demystifies some of the most groundbreaking ideas in modern science and introduces the work of some of the most famous physicists of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Albert Einstein, Neils Bohr, Erwin Schrödinger, and Richard Feynman. Whether you are studying physics at school or college, or simply want a jargon-free overview of the subject, this essential guide is packed with everything you need to understand the basics quickly and easily.

Table of Contents:

1. THE QUANTUM WORLD
2. VANISHINGLY SMALL
3. THREE TINY PIECES
4. PARTICLE ZOO
5. WHAT IS LIGHT?
6. QUANTUM CONSTANT
7. RIPPLES IN SPACE
8. WAVE OR PARTICLE
9. HOLDING IT TOGETHER
10. THE FORCE OF DECAY
11. OPPOSITES ATTRACT
12. DRAWN TOGETHER
13. PRE-QUANTUM PUZZLES
14. IDEAL BODIES
15. UV CATASTROPHE
16. PACKETS OF ENERGY
17. ENERGETIC STATES
18. CLOUDS OF PROBABILITIES
19. PHOTON ENERGY
20. THE WAVE FUNCTION
21. DESCRIBING A QUANTUM STATE
22. IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE
23. SQUARED WAVE
24. WAVE TRANSFORMATIONS
25. NOT ALL IS KNOWABLE
26. PREDICTING CHANGE
27. EVADING MEASUREMENT
28. INSTANT COLLAPSE
29. PARADOX IN A BOX
30. INTERPRETATIONS OF QUANTUM PHYSICS
31. UNDERSTANDING QUANTUM PHYSICS
32. EVERYTHING CAN AND DOES HAPPEN
33. INFINITE REPETITION
34. UNSEEN INFLUENCE
35. A QUANTUM HANDSHAKE
36. SPONTANEOUS COLLAPSE
37. SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
38. THE OBSERVER’S BELIEF
39. THROUGH THE MAZE
40. DIFFERENT VIEWS
41. QUANTUM PHENOMENA
42. “SPIN”
43. FIELDS OF ATTRACTION
44. THE GREAT DIVIDE
45. NO ROOM FOR TWO
46. WHAT BARRIER?
47. DISTANCE NO OBJECT
48. QUANTUM TELEPORTATION
49. UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT
50. INSIDE SOLID OBJECTS
51. ALTERED STATES
52. FLOWING WITHOUT FRICTION
53. ENDLESS CHARGE
54. STRANGE QUANTUM ATOMS
55. UNUSUAL ORBITS
56. QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
57. FIRING PHOTONS AT ATOMS
58. HIGHLY CONCENTRATED
59. KEEPING TIME
60. SOLID STATES
61. SILICON CHIPS
62. LIGHT RELEASE
63. CAPTURING PHOTONS
64. LEVITATION
65. TUNNELING PAIRS
66. SQUIDS
67. LOOKING INSIDE
68. SEEING WITHOUT LIGHT
69. ATOMIC PROBE
70. QUANTUM INFORMATION
71. NOT JUST ZEROS AND ONES
72. SUPERFAST
73. QUANTUM CODES
74. SIMULATORS
75. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
76. SEEKING STABILITY
77. SPLITTING ATOMS
78. COMBINING NUCLEI
79. PARTICLE PHYSICS
80. ON THE TRAIL OF ELUSIVE PARTICLES
81. SIMPLY SMASHING
82. SMALLER THAN AN ATOM
83. NO STRONG INTERACTIONS
84. THE QUANTUM WORLD EXPLAINED
85. FORCE CARRIERS
86. WHY PARTICLES HAVE MASS
87. THE OPPOSITE OF MATTER
88. NOT SO STANDARD
89. UNIVERSAL FIELDS
90. THE JEWEL OF PHYSICS
91. THREE-COLOR QUARK
92. QUANTUM GRAVITY
93. COMBINED FORCES
94. QUANTUM FOAM
95. TINY VIBRATING STRINGS
96. TYING IT TOGETHER
97. THE FABRIC OF SPACE
98. QUANTUM BIOLOGY
99. PHOTONS AND FOLIAGE
100. IT’S IN OUR DNA
101. TUNNELING FOR A REACTION
102. MAGNETIC PERCEPTION
103. OUR SENSE OF SMELL
104. QUANTUM CONSCIOUSNESS?
105. INDEX