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Real quanta : simplifying quantum physics for Einstein and Bohr / Martijn van Calmthout ; [translation by Tessera Translations].

by Calmthout, Martijn van, author.

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Toronto : Dundurn, 2017.

Quantum theory -- Popular works.

1459740491 (paperback)

9781459740495 (paperback) :

192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Foreword / Leo Kouwenhoven -- The misunderstanding -- Overture. Coffee with Einstein and Bohr -- The first quantum -- Physics for boys -- Intermezzo. Calling the bluff with two slits -- Quanta in a test tube -- All electrons count -- Intermezzo. Majorana ghosts -- It's all about spin -- An oral exam with ghosts -- Spinach and migratory birds -- The everyday riddle -- Epilog. The death of Schrödinger's cat.

"Particles that exist in two places at once, consequences that occur without a cause, objects that exist only if you look at them -- quantum mechanics proves that all of this is possible, and not just in dark science labs. Look no further than your smartphone or tablet for technology made conceivable by quantum theory. From quantum computers to "teleporting" data, medicine to photosynthesis and the quantum compass in some migratory birds, Martijn van Calmthout plainly explains -- to his readers and to an astounded Einstein and Bohr -- how Quantum 2.0 is increasingly part of everyone's daily life. Rather than being the exceptional domain, Van Calmthout shows how quantum mechanics is actually part of our tangible world, and may even be the very crux of our existence."--Back cover.

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