Real Quanta - Martijn Van Calmthout

Real Quanta

Simplifying Quantum Physics for Einstein and Bohr
Buch | Softcover
192 Seiten
2018
Dundurn Group Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4597-4049-5 (ISBN)
17,45 inkl. MwSt
It sounds alien and esoteric, but quantum mechanics is very real, and a crucial part of what makes the modern world possible. In Real Quanta, Martijn van Calmthout makes quantum “magic” clearer, and shows how it fits into our world, and how its discoverers would be amazed by all that it has accomplished.
Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr walk into the famous Hotel Métropole and sit down at the author’s table to discuss the state of quantum mechanics today.


Particles that exist in two places at once, consequences that occur without a cause, objects that exist only if you look at them — quantum mechanics proves that all of this is possible, and not just in dark science labs. Look no further than your smartphone or tablet for technology made conceivable by quantum theory.

From quantum computers to “teleporting” data, medicine to photosynthesis and the quantum compass in some migratory birds, Martijn van Calmthout plainly explains — to his readers and to an astounded Einstein and Bohr — how Quantum 2.0 is increasingly part of everyone’s daily life. Rather than being the exceptional domain, Van Calmthout shows how quantum mechanics is actually part of our tangible world, and may even be the very crux of our existence.

Martijn van Calmthout is a science journalist for the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant. He is an expert on Einstein and mad about science. He lives in Amsterdam.

Foreword by Leo Kouwenhoven
The Misunderstanding
Overture Coffee with Einstein and Bohr
1 The First Quantum
2 Physics for Boys
Intermezzo Calling the Bluff with Two Slits
3 Quanta in a Test Tube
4 All Electrons Count
Intermezzo Majorana Ghosts
5 It’s All About Spin
6 An Oral Exam with Ghosts
7 Spinach and Migratory Birds
8 The Everyday Riddle
Epilogue: The Death of Schrödinger’s Cat
Glossary
Sources

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Bibliography; Glossary; 17 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort Toronto
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Gewicht 262 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Quantenphysik
ISBN-10 1-4597-4049-1 / 1459740491
ISBN-13 978-1-4597-4049-5 / 9781459740495
Zustand Neuware
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