30-Second
You know all about Schrödinger’s cat, but
how about his equation? How do lasers,
transistors and electron microscopes work?
What are the perils of renormalization?
What makes a fluid a superfluid? And what
will a quantum computer be capable of?
Discover the history of some of science’s
greatest discoveries and ponder the future of
physics and technology with this fascinating
guide to quantum theory.
Quantum Theory tackles a mindbendingly mysterious area of physics, introducing
the 50 most significant quantum quandaries
and ideas. At a time when the quantum physics
of electronics is an everyday essential and new
quantum developments make headline news,
you will visit parallel worlds, ride wave theory
and learn enough to talk with certainty about
Uncertainty Principle and to untangle the
mysteries of quantum entanglement.
Editor Brian Clegg read Natural Sciences,
focusing on experimental physics, at Cambridge
University. He has written for Nature, the Times,
and the Wall Street Journal and lectured at
Oxford, Cambridge and the Royal Institution. His
publications include A Brief History of Infinity
and How to Build a Time Machine, and he is the
editor of the science book review site www.
popularscience.co.uk.
the ultraviolet catastrophe
planck’s quanta
einstein explains the photoelectric effect
balmer’s predictable spectrum
bohr’s atom
wave-particle duality
de broglie’s matter waves
quantum double slit
quantum spin
matrix mechanics
schrödinger’s equation
schrödinger’s cat
helsenberg’s uncertainty principle
collapsing wavefunctions
decoherence
the pauli exclusion principle
the dirac equation
quantum field theory
qed basics
the perils of renormalization
feynman diagrams
backwards in time
beam splitters
quantum tunnelling
superluminal experiments
copenhagen interpretation
bohm interpretation
consciousness collapse
many worlds interpretation
epr
bell’s inequality
quantum encryption
qubits
quantum computing
quantum teleportation
quantum zeno effect
the laser
the transistor
the electron microscope
mri scanners
josephson junctions
quantum dots
quantum optics
zero point energy
superconductors
superfluids
bose-einstein condensates
quantum chromodynamics
quantum biology
quantum gravity
QUANTUM THEORY
The 50 most important thoughtprovoking quantum concepts,
each explained in half a minute
Brian Clegg
Printed in China
ICON BOOKS UK
£14.99
Brian Clegg
Les 50 théories quantiques
les plus importantes, expliquées
en moins d’une minute
Physique
quantique en
30 secondes
You know all about Schrödinger’s cat, but
how about his equation? How do lasers,
transistors and electron microscopes work?
What are the perils of renormalization?
What makes a fluid a superfluid? And what
will a quantum computer be capable of?
Discover the history of some of science’s
greatest discoveries and ponder the future of
physics and technology with this fascinating
guide to quantum theory.
Quantum Theory tackles a mindbendingly mysterious area of physics, introducing
the 50 most significant quantum quandaries
and ideas. At a time when the quantum physics
of electronics is an everyday essential and new
quantum developments make headline news,
you will visit parallel worlds, ride wave theory
and learn enough to talk with certainty about
Uncertainty Principle and to untangle the
mysteries of quantum entanglement.
Editor Brian Clegg read Natural Sciences,
focusing on experimental physics, at Cambridge
University. He has written for Nature, the Times,
and the Wall Street Journal and lectured at
Oxford, Cambridge and the Royal Institution. His
publications include A Brief History of Infinity
and How to Build a Time Machine, and he is the
editor of the science book review site www.
popularscience.co.uk.
the ultraviolet catastrophe
planck’s quanta
einstein explains the photoelectric effect
balmer’s predictable spectrum
bohr’s atom
wave-particle duality
de broglie’s matter waves
quantum double slit
quantum spin
matrix mechanics
schrödinger’s equation
schrödinger’s cat
helsenberg’s uncertainty principle
collapsing wavefunctions
decoherence
the pauli exclusion principle
the dirac equation
quantum field theory
qed basics
the perils of renormalization
feynman diagrams
backwards in time
beam splitters
quantum tunnelling
superluminal experiments
copenhagen interpretation
bohm interpretation
consciousness collapse
many worlds interpretation
epr
bell’s inequality
quantum encryption
qubits
quantum computing
quantum teleportation
quantum zeno effect
the laser
the transistor
the electron microscope
mri scanners
josephson junctions
quantum dots
quantum optics
zero point energy
superconductors
superfluids
bose-einstein condensates
quantum chromodynamics
quantum biology
quantum gravity
QUANTUM THEORY
The 50 most important thoughtprovoking quantum concepts,
each explained in half a minute
Brian Clegg
Printed in China
ICON BOOKS UK
£14.99
Brian Clegg
Les 50 théories quantiques
les plus importantes, expliquées
en moins d’une minute
Physique
quantique en
30 secondes