Tales of the Quantum by Art Hobson
This is a book about the quanta that make up our universe--the highly unified bundles of energy of which everything is made. It explains wave-particle duality, randomness, quantum states, non-locality, Schrodinger's cat, quantum jumps, and more, in everyday language for non-scientists and scientists who wish to fathom science's most fundamental theory.
This book is definitely worth readingHobson does an excellent job of explaining complex physics without mathematics and presents his argument clearly... Recommended. * CHOICE *
As Hobson mentions in his introduction, there are many pseudo-scientific popular expositions on quantum mechanics which belong in new age religion sections of the book shops. The readers who want to understand the workings of the natural world from a purely scientific point of view will benefit greatly from perusing Hobsonâs book (the production quality of which, by the way, is excellent). Hence, I have no hesitations in recommending the book to general public as well as students of the subject. * M. P. Gururajan, Contemporary Physics *
Tales of the Quantum -- a slim volume very handsomely produced by Oxford U.P. -- is his most ambitious undertaking, the capstone of a distinguished career. ... This is certainly an ambitious book, one in which the author has clearly invested a great deal of thought. It is, in its eccentric way, an important book, not least because it is so provocative. * Nicholas Wheeler, American Journal of Physics *
As Hobson mentions in his introduction, there are many pseudo-scientific popular expositions on quantum mechanics which belong in new age religion sections of the book shops. The readers who want to understand the workings of the natural world from a purely scientific point of view will benefit greatly from perusing Hobsonâs book (the production quality of which, by the way, is excellent). Hence, I have no hesitations in recommending the book to general public as well as students of the subject. * M. P. Gururajan, Contemporary Physics *
Tales of the Quantum -- a slim volume very handsomely produced by Oxford U.P. -- is his most ambitious undertaking, the capstone of a distinguished career. ... This is certainly an ambitious book, one in which the author has clearly invested a great deal of thought. It is, in its eccentric way, an important book, not least because it is so provocative. * Nicholas Wheeler, American Journal of Physics *
Art Hobson is a Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, where he continues to keep a campus office and remains quite active in research.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780190679637 |
| ISBN 10 | 0190679638 |
| Title | Tales of the Quantum |
| Author | Art Hobson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2017-02-02 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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