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101 quantum questions : what you need to know about the world you can't see / by Kenneth W. Ford.

by Ford, Kenneth William, 1926-

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Harvard University Press, 2011.

Alternate title:

One hundred one quantum questions

One hundred and one quantum questions

xi, 291 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The subatomic world -- Digging deeper -- The small and the swift -- Quantum lumps and quantum jumps -- Atoms and nuclei -- And more about nuclei -- Particles -- And more about particles -- Interactions -- Constancy during change -- Waves and particles -- Waves and probability -- Quantum physics and technology -- Quantum physics at every scale -- Frontiers and puzzles

"Ken Ford's mission is to help us understand the great ideas of quantum physics. Ideas such as wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, superposition, and conservation. These fundamental concepts provide the structure for 101 Quantum Questions, an authoritative yet engaging book for the general reader in which every question and answer brings out one or more basic features of the mysterious world of the quantum."--From publisher.

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