In this approachable book for the armchair science buff or student struggling through a physics class, Ford, retired director of the American Institute of Physics, offers his services as cicerone through the subatomic world. He explains why quarks are said to have 'flavors,' and why scientists refer to 'strange' and 'charm' quarks and their being red, blue or green...Even scientists never really understand the quantum world, but this book will help readers wrap their minds around the paradoxical concepts of how the building blocks of existence lead a strange, if not charmed, life.
   --Publishers Weekly

Ford deals with topics as difficult as granularity, quantum numbers, superposition, entanglement, and the uncertainty principle, but he uses explanations and examples that make these concepts easy to understand and quantum weirdness far less daunting.
   --Science News

Ford writes in a clear, easy-to-follow manner...[He] broadly surveys the important topics in quantum theory and experiment that would offer someone without a mathematical background a very strong conceptual understanding. This is a very pleasant book to read.
   --E. Kincanon, Choice

The Quantum World is an excellent book--one of the best popular accounts of quantum theory I have read. Ford has a deep understanding of his demanding subject and he leavens his account with colour and anecdote.
   --Elizabeth Sourbut, New Scientist

Quantum Physics for Everyone uses clear explanations and examples to highlight and elucidate ideas and thinkers of quantum physics, showing how the laws governing the very small and the very swift defy conventional thinking and stretch the mind.
   --Dallas Morning News

Excellent introduction to the strange world of the quantum with just enough interpolated mundane comments to keep the reader interested in going on to the next weird idea.
   --John Hubisz, Physics Teacher

A clear and simple map of the strange world of the quantum by an experienced guide.
   --John D. Barrow, Author of The Constants of Nature

Although [Quantum World] may not actually be for everyone, this book will certainly be of interest to science teachers or others with an interest in modern physics or the history and nature of science. This book accomplishes the difficult task of explaining some of the great ideas of quantum physics in non-threatening, lay terms…and his clear and conversational writing style…Ford's enthusiasm for the subject and his sense of humor are evident throughout…Quantum World would be a terrific resource for physics teachers.
   --Elizabeth James, National Science Teachers Association

Kenneth W. Ford, retired director of the American Institute of Physics, is coauthor of Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics.

Read More by Kenneth W. Ford:

• The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone