The new quantum universe

Tony Hey, Patrick Walters

372 pages, parution le 21/10/2003 (2^eme édition)

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Résumé

Following the success of The Quantum Universe, first published in 1987, a host of exciting new discoveries have been made in the field of quantum mechanics. The New Quantum Universe provides an up-to-date and accessible introduction to the essential ideas of quantum physics, and demonstrates how it affects our everyday life. Quantum mechanics gives an understanding of not only atoms and nuclei, but also all the elements and even the stars. The book explains quantum paradoxes and the eventful life of Schroedinger's Cat, along with the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox and Bell's Inequality. It then looks ahead to the nanotechnology revolution, describing quantum cryptography, quantum computing and quantum teleportation, and ends with an account of quantum mechanics and science fiction. Using simple non-mathematical language, this book is suitable for final-year school students, science undergraduates, and anyone wishing to appreciate how physics allows the new technologies that are changing our lives.

From reviews of the first edition:

The Quantum Universe has a quotation from me in every chapter - but it's a damn good book anyway.

Richard P. Feynman

A lively, informative read, beautifully illustrated, about the most powerful scientific theory known to mankind.

P. C. W. Davies

... a pleasure to both the mind and eye.

Science

This book will amaze, baffle and delight ...

Nature

If you want a 'way in' to the most successful and wide-ranging theory devised by human ingenuity, read The Quantum Universe.

New Scientist

Waves versus particles
Heisenberg and uncertainty
Schroedinger and matter waves
Atoms and nuclei
Quantum tunnelling
Pauli and the elements
Quantum co-operation and superfluids
Quantum jumps
Quantum engineering
Death of a star
Feynman rules
Weak photons and strong glue
Afterword - quantum physics and science fiction
Epilogue
Appendices
Glossary
Quotations and sources
Suggestions for further reading
Name index
Subject index

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Tony Hey, Patrick Walters
Parution	21/10/2003
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	372
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	905g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521564571
ISBN13	978-0-521-56457-1