Quantum physics What everyone needs to know
Book - 2017
"In question & answer format, discusses the history, science, applications, and relevant current issues of quantum physics in an accessible way for the non-scientist"--
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- Published
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press
[2017]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xxii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780190250713
- Quantum physics
- Quantum measurement and its consequences
- Application : quantum data encryption
- Quantum behavior and its description
- Application : sensing gravity with quantum interference
- Quantum possibilities and waves
- Milestones and a fork in the road
- Bell-tests and the end of local realism
- Quantum entanglement and teleportation
- Application : quantum computing
- Energy quantization and atoms
- Application : sensing time, motion, and gravity with quantum technology
- Quantum fields and their excitations
- Future directions and remaining questions in quantum science.