Quantum
By: Jim Al-Khalili.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Sterling; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Quantum theory -- Popular works.
Genres: Popular works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Nature's conjuring trick. Buckyballs and the dual-slit experiment / Markus Arndt & Anton Zeilinger.  Origins.  Probability and chance. Radioactive decay / Ron Johnson.  Spooky connections. Quantum chaology / Michael Berry.  The watchers and the watched.  The great debate. Quantum reality, according to de Broglie and Bohm / Chris Dewdney.  The subatomic world. Elementary constituents / Frank Close.  The search for the ultimate theory. Accentuating the negative / Paul Davies.  Putting the quantum to work. Bose-Einstein condensates / Ed Hines; title: Quantum mechanics and biology / Johnjoe McFadden.  Into the new millennium. Quantum computing / Andrew Steane.