Screen LibraryQuantum legacies : dispatches from an uncertain world /
"Physicists have grappled with quantum theory for over a century. They have learned to wring precise answers from the theory's governing equations, and no experiment to date has found compelling evidence to contradict it. Even so, the conceptual apparatus remains stubbornly, famously bizar...
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University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago, IL : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Physicists have grappled with quantum theory for over a century. They have learned to wring precise answers from the theory's governing equations, and no experiment to date has found compelling evidence to contradict it. Even so, the conceptual apparatus remains stubbornly, famously bizarre. Physicists have tackled these conceptual uncertainties while navigating still larger ones: the rise of fascism, cataclysmic world wars and a new nuclear age, an unsteady Cold War stand-off and its unexpected end. Quantum Legacies introduces readers to physics' still-unfolding quest by treating iconic moments of discovery and debate among well-known figures like Albert Einstein, Erwin Schrödinger, and Stephen Hawking, and many others whose contributions have indelibly shaped our understanding of nature"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: |
9780226698052 022669805X |
| Index Number: | QC173 |
| CLC: | O413 |
| Call Number: | O413/K134 |