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Quantum mechanics allows accurate predictions of nature, yet it also uncovers surprises like teleportation and multiple universes. It involves complicated mathematics, yet most general reader texts avoid mathematics. This book uses on high-school level mathematics to provide a deeper understanding o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mullin, William J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Quantum theory.
Quantum Theory
Théorie quantique.
SCIENCE > Energy.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
Quantum theory
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Waves
  • Quantum particles and waves
  • Harmonic oscillators
  • Superposition
  • Entanglement
  • The Mach-Zehnder interferometer
  • Bell's theorem and the Mermin machine
  • What is a wave function?
  • Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity
  • The quantum zeno effect
  • Bosons and fermions
  • The quantum eraser
  • Virtual particles and the four forces
  • Teleportation of a quantum state
  • Quantum computing
  • Weird measurements
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix : classical particle dynamics.