Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction
, by Polkinghorne, JohnNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780192802521 | 0192802526
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/29/2002
Quantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid, exciting, and accessible account of the surprising and counterintuitive ideas that shape our understanding of the sub-atomic world. It does not disguise the problems of interpretation thatstill remain unsettled 75 years after the initial discoveries. The main text makes no use of equations, but there is a Mathematical Appendix for those desiring stronger fare. Uncertainty, probabilistic physics, complementarity, the problematic character of measurement, and decoherence are among themany topics discussed.