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The Quantum Revolution - A Historical Perspective (Hardcover)
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The Quantum Revolution - A Historical Perspective (Hardcover)
Series: Greenwood Guides to Great Ideas in Science
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Quantum mechanics is one of the great success stories of modern
physics, making sense of the very small just as Einstein's theory
of relativity made sense of the very large. But, for most students,
the ideas that make quantum mechanics powerful can be confusing and
counterintuitive. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Great
Ideas in Science series provides a history of quantum mechanics
from the early breakthroughs of Planck and Einstein, at the
beginning of the 20th century, to the present frontiers of quantum
computing and quantum gravity. The approach is entirely
non-technical, and is aimed at the general reader who may not have
much mathematical background but who has a strong curiosity about
some of the most important developments in modern science. Quantum
Mechanics: A Historical Perspective traces the history of this
powerful theory, including: BLThe early discoveries by Max Planck
and Albert Einstein regarding the quantization of radiation BLThe
"early quantum theory," including Neils Bohr's theory of the atom
BLThe birth of modern quantum mechanics through the work of
Heisenberg, Schrodinger, Born, Dirac and others BLApplications of
quantum mechanics in chemistry, nuclear physics, electronics, and
many other areas BLRecent work in quantum computation and quantum
information theory The book emphasizes the fact that despite the
great success of quantum mechanics, many exciting intellectual
frontiers remain open for further researchers to explore. It
includes a glossary, a timeline, and a bibliography of accessible
resources for further research.
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