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Beyond weird :

(Number (ISBN

022655838X

(Number (ISBN

9780226558387

Erroneous ISBN

9780226594989

Title Proper

Beyond weird :

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[Book]

Other Title Information

why everything you thought you knew about quantum physics is different /

First Statement of Responsibility

Philip Ball.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Chicago, IL :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The University of Chicago Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018.

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2018

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377 pages :

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illustrations ;

Dimensions

23 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-371) and index.

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No one can say what quantum mechanics means (and this is a book about it) -- Quantum mechanics is not really about the quantum -- Quantum objects are neither wave nor particle (but sometimes they might as well be) -- Quantum particles aren't in two states at once (but sometimes they might as well be) -- What 'happens' depends on what we find out about it -- There are many ways of interpreting quantum theory (and none of them quite makes sense) -- Whatever the question, the answer is 'yes' (unless it's 'no') -- Not everything is knowable at once -- The properties of quantum objects don't have to be contained within the objects -- There is no 'spooky action at a distance' -- The everyday world is what quantum becomes at human scales -- Everything you experience is a (partial) copy of what causes it -- Schrödinger's cat has had kittens -- Quantum mechanics can be harnessed for technology -- Quantum computers don't necessarily perform 'many calculations at once' -- There is no other 'quantum' you -- Things could be even more 'quantum' than they are (so why aren't they)? -- The fundamental laws of quantum mechanics might be simpler than we imagine -- Can we ever get to the bottom of it?

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An exhilarating tour of the contemporary quantum landscape, Beyond Weird is a book about what quantum physics really means--and what it doesn't. Science writer Philip Ball offers an up-to-date, accessible account of the quest to come to grips with the most fundamental theory of physical reality, and to explain how its counterintuitive principles underpin the world we experience.

Parallel Title

Why everything you thought you knew about quantum physics is different

Quantum theory, Popular works.

Quantum theory.

SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.

SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory.

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Edition

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Book number

Ball, Philip,1962-

Date of Transaction

20200822102535.0

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[Book]

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