The Quantum World

Quantum Physics for Everyone

Kenneth W. Ford

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$30.00 • £26.95 • €27.95

ISBN 9780674018327

Publication Date: 10/15/2005

* Academic Trade

304 pages

6-1/8 x 8-1/2 inches

33 halftones, 52 line illustrations, 6 tables

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Acknowledgments
1. Beneath the Surface of Things
2. How Small Is Small? How Fast Is Fast?
3. Meet the Leptons
4. The Rest of the Extended Family
5. Quantum Lumps
6. Quantum Jumps
7. Social and Antisocial Particles
8. Clinging to Constancy
9. Waves and Particles
10. Pushing the Limits
Appendix A: Measurements and Magnitudes
Appendix B: The Particles
Appendix C: Going for the Gold
Appendix D: Quantum Questions
Index

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