The Wonders Of Quantum Mechanics: From Elusive Particles To The Many-Worlds Theory - Couverture souple

Beck, Etai

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798998464805

Editeur : Signal & Noise Press, 2026

Synopsis

What if the universe you think you know is only the beginning?

Quantum mechanics, the science of the unimaginably small, has quietly transformed everything around us, from the smartphone in your pocket to the MRI machines that save lives. And yet most of us move through a world built on quantum foundations without ever glimpsing the extraordinary strangeness beneath.

The Wonders of Quantum Mechanics changes that, and it does it differently. This isn't a textbook. Written in plain English for the curious non-scientist, it tells the story of quantum physics the way it actually unfolded, one puzzle, one breakthrough, one argument at a time, so it reads less like a lecture and more like a novel.

The story begins in the late 19th century, when classical physics seemed nearly complete, and follows the clues that broke it apart: glowing light bulbs that defied prediction, light that behaved like particles, particles that behaved like waves. You'll meet the brilliant and often eccentric minds who rewrote the rules of reality, Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, and the many who followed, and watch their ideas collide, compete, and build on each other, all the way to today's frontiers of quantum computing, unified theory, and the nature of reality itself.

Along the way you'll discover:

• How the "ultraviolet catastrophe" and the photoelectric effect gave birth to quantum theory
• The uncertainty principle, wave-particle duality, and the famous double-slit experiment
• Entanglement, Schrödinger's cat, and Einstein's "spooky action at a distance"
• The great debate over what it all means: Copenhagen, Many-Worlds, pilot-wave theory, and Penrose's objective reduction
• The Standard Model, quantum field theory, and the search for a unified theory
• The technologies quantum physics makes possible today, and what may come next

Every idea is explained in everyday language, with illustrations throughout, and equations appear only where they help, each one explained step by step.

No physics degree required. Just bring your curiosity.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Signal & Noise Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798998464805
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 180
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