02714cam a22003258i 4500 BJBSDDR 20231016105108.0 ta 160727t20172017nyuab b 001 0 eng c 9781633882393 163388239X DLC spa DLC spa eng QC 174.12 W182q 2017 530.12 Walker, Michael S., 1939- Quantum fuzz : the strange true makeup of everything around us / Michael S. Walker. Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2017. 448 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Planck, Einstein, Bohr - experiments and early ideas -- Heisenberg, Dirac, Schroedinger - quantum mechanics and the quantum atom -- Application -six hundred million watts! -- The essential features of quantum mechanics -- Clash of titans -what is real? uncertainty, entanglement, John Bell, and parallel worlds -- What does it all mean - quantum mechanics, mathematics, and the nature of science -- Applications - quantum computing, code cracking, teleportation, and encryption -- Galaxies, black holes, gravity waves, matter, the forces of nature, the Higgs boson, dark matter, dark energy, and string theory -- Energy, momentum, and the spatial states of the hydrogen atom -- Spin and magnetism -- Exclusion and the Periodic table -- The physics underlying the chemistry of the elements -- A few types of chemical bonds, for example -- The makeup of solid materials -- Insulators and electrical conduction in normal metals and semiconductors -- Superconductors I - definition, and applications in transportation, medicine and computing -- Fusion power - lasers and tokomaks -- Magnetism, magnets, magnetic materials and their applications -- Graphenes, carbon fibers and one "dream" application -- Semiconductors and electronic applications -- Superconductors II - large scale applications in science, power generation, and transmission. "A lucid introduction to the basics of quantum physics for the lay reader, showing how much the scientific understanding of reality has changed in the last century and how important this science is to technology, the economy, and modern life"-- Provided by publisher. Quantum theory. Teoría cuántica 6387 Contributor biographical information https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1618/2016031862-b.html Publisher description https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1618/2016031862-d.html lcc BK lmm 87402 87402 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 0 QC 174.12 W182q 2017 00000120440 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 BK