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Fundamental - How quantum and particle physics explain absolutely everything (except gravity) (Paperback)
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Fundamental - How quantum and particle physics explain absolutely everything (except gravity) (Paperback)
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Fundamental does for physics what Tim's first book, Elemental, does
for chemistry: it demystifies the topic in his trademark humorous,
engaging style, including the most recent developments in the
field. At the start of the twentieth century, science appeared
complete and the laws of nature were almost all discovered, but
then we woke a sleeping giant - we discovered quantum mechanics. In
the quantum realm, objects can be in two places at once. It's a
place where time travel is not only possible, but necessary. It's a
place where cause and effect can happen in reverse and observing
something changes its state. From parallel universes to antimatter,
quantum mechanics has revealed that when you get right down to it,
the laws of nature are insane. The scientist J. B. S. Haldane once
said, 'Reality is not only stranger than we imagine . . . it's
stranger than we can imagine.' Never is this more true than with
quantum mechanics; our best, most recent attempt to make sense of
the fundamental laws of nature. Fundamental is a comprehensive
beginner's guide to quantum mechanics, explaining not only the
weirdness of the subject but the experiments that proved it to be
true. Using a humorous and light-hearted approach, Fundamental
tells the story of how the most brilliant minds in science grappled
with seemingly impossible ideas and gave us everything from
microchips to particle accelerators. Fundamental gives clear
explanations of all the quantum phenomena known to modern science,
without requiring an understanding of complex mathematics; tells
the eccentric stories of the scientists who made these shattering
discoveries and what they used them for; explains how quantum field
theory (a topic not covered in detail by any other popular-science
book) gave rise to particle physics and why the Higgs boson isn't
the end of the story.
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