The quantum universe
Subtitle: (and why anything that can happen, does)
By: Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw
Contributors: Forshaw, J. R. (Jeffrey Robert), 1968-
Edition: 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boston [Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780306819643; 9780306820601
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Quantum theory; Popular works
Description: The Quantum Universe brings together two authors on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show that everyone can understand the deepest questions of science. But just what is quantum physics? How does it help us understand the universe? Where does it leave Newton and Einstein? And how - for all its apparently counter-intuitive ideas - can we be sure that the theory is good? The bizarre behaviour of the atoms and energy that make up the universe has lead to some woolly pronouncements on the nature of all interconnectedness - but Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw reveal the simple and understandable theories that allow for concrete, yet astonishing, predictions about the world around us. From entangled twins to the incredible double-slit experiment, The Quantum Universe will give every reader the most up-to-date picture of that amazing subatomic world, where thousands of years of physics must be rewritten completely.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]) and index.
Table of contents: title: Something strange is afoot; title: Being in two places at once; title: What is a particle?; title: Everything that can happen does happen; title: Movement as an illusion; title: The music of the atoms; title: The universe in a pin-head (and why we don't fall through the floor); title: Interconnected; title: The modern world; title: Interaction; title: Empty space isn't empty; title: Epilogue: the death of stars.