And yet it moves
Subtitle: strange systems and subtle questions in physics
By: Mark P. Silverman.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Physics; Quantum theory
Description: The unimaginably strange behaviour of free electrons -- Quantum beats and giant atoms -- And yet it moves: exotic atoms and the invariance of charge -- Reflections on light -- Two worlds, large and small: earth and atom -- The Wirbelrohr's roar (... or rather whistle) -- Science and wonder.
Notes: "Selected papers by the author": p. 252-261.
Includes index.