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John C. Polkinghorne The Quantum World (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Quantum World
- Publication Name
- The Quantum World
- Title
- The Quantum World
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0691023883
- EAN
- 9780691023885
- ISBN
- 9780691023885
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Genre
- Science
- Release Year
- 1986
- Release Date
- 21/01/1986
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.4in
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Item Weight
- 5 oz
- Publication Year
- 1986
- Features
- Reprint
- Topic
- Physics / Quantum Theory, Physics / General
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Number of Pages
- 112 Pages
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In paperback for the first time, this compact volume presents quantum mechanics for the general reader. It offers a lucid description of the intellectual challenges and disagreements in the study of the behavior of atomic and sub-atomic particles--a field that has completely changed our view of the physical world, but that is still the subject of unresolved debate about its own fundamental interpretation. The work is accessible to those with no background in higher mathematics, but will also interest readers who have a more specialized knowledge of scientific topics. The author has spent most of his working life as a theoretical elementary particle physicist and from 1968 to 1979 was Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge. In 1979 he resigned to train for the ministry of the Church of England, and he is now an ordained priest. Here he describes a theory that has been spectacularly successful in predicting the behavior of objects the size of atoms and smaller but that has aroused conflicting views about the nature of reality and the degree of independence between the world around us and ourselves as observers.
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691023883
ISBN-13
9780691023885
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1034460
Product Key Features
Book Title
Quantum World
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Physics / Quantum Theory, Physics / General
Publication Year
1986
Genre
Science
Number of Pages
112 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
5 oz
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Reprint
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"A delightful book, written at a popular level but without any misleading over-simplification."-- Roger Penrose, The Times Higher Education Supplement, "[Polkinghorne] offers much insight in this thoroughly delightful little book into the nature of the conceptual problems at the heart of the twentieth century's most successful theory. . . . I wholeheartedly recommend The Quantum World. . . ."-- Tony Hey, New Scientist, The author's life as well as his oeuvre, especially this lovely little book, bear testimony to the fact that . . . science and nature can coexist in harmonious complementarity. -- Abraham Pais, Nature, The author's life as well as his oeuvre, especially this lovely little book, bear testimony to the fact that . . . science and nature can coexist in harmonious complementarity., A delightful book, written at a popular level but without any misleading over-simplification. -- Roger Penrose, The Times Higher Education Supplement, [Polkinghorne] offers much insight in this thoroughly delightful little book into the nature of the conceptual problems at the heart of the twentieth century's most successful theory. . . . I wholeheartedly recommend The Quantum World. . . . -- Tony Hey, New Scientist, "[Polkinghorne] offers much insight in this thoroughly delightful little book into the nature of the conceptual problems at the heart of the twentieth century's most successful theory. . . . I wholeheartedly recommend The Quantum World." --Tony Hey, New Scientist, "The author's life as well as his oeuvre, especially this lovely little book, bear testimony to the fact that . . . science and nature can coexist in harmonious complementarity." --Abraham Pais, Nature, "A delightful book, written at a popular level but without any misleading over-simplification." ---Roger Penrose, The Times Higher Education Supplement, "[Polkinghorne] offers much insight in this thoroughly delightful little book into the nature of the conceptual problems at the heart of the twentieth century's most successful theory. . . . I wholeheartedly recommend The Quantum World. . . ." --Tony Hey, New Scientist, "A delightful book, written at a popular level but without any misleading over-simplification." --Roger Penrose, The Times Higher Education Supplement, "[Polkinghorne] offers much insight in this thoroughly delightful little book into the nature of the conceptual problems at the heart of the twentieth century's most successful theory. . . . I wholeheartedly recommend The Quantum World." ---Tony Hey, New Scientist, "The author's life as well as his oeuvre, especially this lovely little book, bear testimony to the fact that . . . science and nature can coexist in harmonious complementarity." ---Abraham Pais, Nature, "The author's life as well as his oeuvre, especially this lovely little book, bear testimony to the fact that . . . science and nature can coexist in harmonious complementarity."-- Abraham Pais, Nature, [Polkinghorne] offers much insight in this thoroughly delightful little book into the nature of the conceptual problems at the heart of the twentieth century's most successful theory. . . . I wholeheartedly recommend The Quantum World. . . .
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1986
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