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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Ball, Philip, 1962- author.     Subjects     Quantum theory -- Popular works.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ball, Philip, 1962- author.       by title:      Beyond weird : why e...         MARC Display

Beyond weird : why everything you thought you knew about quantum physics is different / Philip Ball. by Ball, Philip, 1962- author. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2018] Subjects Quantum theory -- Popular works. ISBN:  9780226558387 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) : 022655838X (hardcover ; alkaline paper) Description:  377 pages ; 23 cm Contents:  No one can say what quantam 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 make 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? Requests:  0 Summary:  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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aiea Public Library Adult Nonfiction 530.12 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 530.12 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 530.12 Ball Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapaa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 530.12 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 530.12 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 530.12 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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