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Quantum universe: and why anything that can happen does

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In The Quantum Universe, Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw approach the world of quantum mechanics in the same way they did in Why Does E=mc2? and make fundamental scientific principles accessible-and fascinating-to everyone.The subatomic realm has a reputation for weirdness, spawning any number of profound misunderstandings, journeys into Eastern mysticism, and woolly pronouncements on the interconnectedness of all things. Cox and Forshaw's contention? There is no need for quantum mechanics to be viewed this way. There is a lot of mileage in the "weirdness" of the quantum world, and it often leads to confusion and, frankly, bad science. The Quantum Universe cuts through the Wu Li and asks what observations of the natural world made it necessary, how it was constructed, and why we are confident that, for all its apparent strangeness, it is a good theory.

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Call Number

523 COX T

Publisher

Boston : DaCapo Press., 2011

Collation

236 p. ; ill. ; 20,5 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780306821448

Classification

500

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Edition

Ed. 1

Subject(s)

Science
Astrophysics
Quantum theory

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Brian Cox

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