Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory of Quantum Physics

ISBN-13: 9780387914954 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 184 str.

Robert Gilmore;Gilmore; R. S. Gilmore

Opis

In this cleverly conceived book, physicist Robert Gilmore makes accessible some complex concepts in quantum mechanics by sending Alice to Quantumland-a whole new Wonderland, smaller than an atom, where each attraction demonstrates a different aspect of quantum theory. Alice unusual encounters, enhanced by illustrations by Gilmore himself, make the Uncertainty Principle, wave functions, the Pauli Principle, and other elusive concepts easier to grasp.

Spis treści

1. Into Quantumland; 2. The Heisenberg Bank; 3. The Mechanic's Institute; 4. The Copenhagen School; 5. The Fermi-Bose Academy; 6. Virtual Reality; 7. Atoms in the Void; 8. Castle Rutherford; 9. The Particle MASSquerade; 10. The Experimental Physics Phun Phair

O autorze

PhD Robert Gilmore is a professor in the Physics Department of Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.