The ideas and phenomena of the quantum world are strikingly unlike
those encountered in our visual world. Surfing the Quantum World
shows why and how this is so. It does this via a historical review
and a gentle introduction to the fundamental principles of quantum
theory, whose core concepts and symbolic representations are used
to explain not only "ordinary" microscopic phenomena like the
properties of the hydrogen atom and the structure of the Periodic
Table of the Elements, but also a variety of mind-bending
phenomena. Readers will learn that particles such as electrons and
photons can behave like waves, allowing them to be in two places
simultaneously, why white dwarf and neutron stars are gigantic
quantum objects, how the maximum height of mountains has a quantum
basis, and why quantum objects can tunnel through seemingly
impenetrable barriers. Included among the various interpretational
issues addressed is whether Schroedinger's cat is ever both dead
and alive.
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