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| Title Statement | Beyond weird: why everything you thought you knew about quantum physics is different / Philip Ball. |
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| Author | Ball, Philip, 1962- |
| Publication | Chicago: The University of Chicago Press,2018. |
| Extent of Item | 377 pages |
| ISBN | 022655838X 9780226558387 |
| Other Number | 3448114 |
| Contents | No one can say what quantam mechanics means (and this is a book about it) -- Quantum mechanics is not really about the quantum -- Quantum objects are neither wave nor particle (but sometimes they might as well be) -- Quantum particles aren't in two states at once (but sometimes they might as well be) -- What "happens" depends on what we find out about it -- There are many ways of interpreting quantum theory (and none of them quite make sense) -- Whatever the question, the answer is "yes" (unless it's "no") -- Not everything is knowable at once -- The properties of quantum objects don't have to be contained within the objects -- There is no "spooky action at a distance" -- The everyday world is what quantum becomes at human scales -- Everything you experience is a (partial) copy of what causes it -- Schrèodinger's cat has had kittens -- Quantum mechanics can be harnessed for technology -- Quantum computers don't necessarily perform "many calculations at once" -- There is no other "quantum" you -- Things could be even more "quantum" than they are (so why aren't they)? -- The fundamental laws of quantum mechanics might be simpler than we imagine -- Can we ever get to the bottom of it? |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| By Topic | Quantum theory |
