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Author Al-Khalili, Jim, 1962-

Title Quantum / Jim Al-Khalili.

Imprint London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  530.12 Al1q 2004    ---  Available
Description 280 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-272) and index.
Contents Nature's conjuring trick. Buckyballs and the dual-slit experiment / Markus Arndt & Anton Zeilinger -- Origins -- Probability and chance. Radioactive decay / Ron Johnson -- Spooky connections. Quantum chaology / Michael Berry -- Watchers and the watched -- Great debate. Quantum reality, according to de Broglie and Bohm / Chris Dewdney -- Subatomic world. Elementary constituents / Frank Close -- Search for the ultimate theory. Accentuating the negative / Paul Davies -- Putting the quantum to work. Bose-Einstein condensates / Ed Hines -- Quantum mechanics and biology / Johnjoe McFadden -- Into the new millennium. Quantum computing / Andrew Steane.
Subject Quantum theory -- Popular works.
ISBN 1841882380 (pbk.)

 
    
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