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The Quantum Revolution: A Historical Perspective

The Quantum Revolution: A Historical Perspective

Peacock, Kent

Hardcover

Series: Greenwood Guides to Great Ideas in Science

Science & Nature

ISBN10: 031333448X
ISBN13: 9780313334481
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: Dec 1 2007
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.45
Height: 0.94 Width: 7.29 Depth: 10.09
Language: English

Quantum mechanics is one of the great success stories of modern physics, making sense of the very small just as Einstein's theory of relativity made sense of the very large. But, for most students, the ideas that make quantum mechanics powerful can be confusing and counterintuitive. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Great Ideas in Science series provides a history of quantum mechanics from the early breakthroughs of Planck and Einstein, at the beginning of the 20th century, to the present frontiers of quantum computing and quantum gravity. The approach is entirely non-technical, and is aimed at the general reader who may not have much mathematical background but who has a strong curiosity about some of the most important developments in modern science.

Quantum Mechanics: A Historical Perspective traces the history of this powerful theory, including:

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