101 Quantum Questions: What You Need to Know About the World You Can't See

Kenneth W. Ford (作者), Paul Hewitt (插圖作者) 

出版社: Harvard University Press (2012年10月2日)

平裝: 304頁

語種： 英語

ISBN: 0674066073

條形碼: 9780674066076

商品尺寸: 2.5 x 15.9 x 21.6 cm

商品重量: 426 g

ASIN: 0674066073

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In this entertaining and comprehensive overview, Ford, former director of the American Institute of Physics, manages to encapsulate modern physics while illuminating rather than befuddling the lay reader...By using humor and straight talk to answer questions that often bedevil the non-scientist who attempts to grasp this knotty subject, Ford has created an entertaining read and an excellent companion piece to more detailed popular treatments of modern physics. Publishers Weekly (starred review) 20110207 Kenneth Ford's question-and-answer-style guide to the weirdness of the quantum realm is a clear and handy reference. Ford's easy-going prose will help you feel right at home at nature's tiniest and most counterintuitive scale. -- Amanda Gefter New Scientist 20110312 Among the slew of books published in the last several decades aiming to explain modern physics to the public, this work is surely one of the best. -- Jack W. Weigel Library Journal (starred review) 20110315 This work provides the means for a lay reader to gain a basic understanding of much of the technical language and jargon that filters into popular accounts of quantum physics. -- D. B. Moss Choice 20110901

作者簡介

Kenneth W. Ford, retired director of the American Institute of Physics, has taught at university and high-school levels. His books include The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone and a memoir, In Love with Flying.