Science : Quantum Theory

Learn quantum field theory relatively easily. Trying to comprehend quantum field theory but don't have infinite time or the IQ more...

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This work propounds the basic concepts and a detailed presentation of the ideas of atomic and molecular orbital’s with their application to diverse problems. This work is intended for engineers, graduate and post-graduate students, professional industrial chemists, and researchers in experimental chemistry. more...

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A wonderfully inventive and illuminating exploration of entanglement--the seemingly telepathic correlation between two separated particles--one of the fundamental concepts of quantum physics. In 1935, in what would become his most cited paper, Einstein showed that quantum mechanics predicted such a correlation, which he derided as "spooky action at a distance." The same year, Erwin Schrodinger christened this spooky correlation "entanglement," but its existence wasn't established until 1964, by the physicist John Bell. What happened during those years and what has happened since to refine the understanding of this phenomenon is the fascinating story told by Louisa Gilder. Drawing on the papers, letters, and memoirs of the twentieth century's greatest physicists, Gilder both humanizes and dramatizes the story by employing the very words of these scientists in imagined face-to-face dialogue. Here are Niels Bohr and Einstein clashing; and Werner Heisenberg and Wolfgang Pauli deciding which mysteries to pursue. In conversation and theory, Schrodinger and Louis de Broglie pave the way for Bell (whose work is given a long overdue revisiting here). And with characteristic matter-of-fact eloquence, Richard Feynman challenges his contemporaries. Gilder has found a wholly original way of bringing to life a tale of physics in progress, making clear that many keys to its riddles lie in the personalities, partisanship, and passions of the physicists themselves. more...

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Frank Close explores the strange mirror world of antimatter, revealing that the reality is even more fascinating than the sci-fi stories suggest. Explaining the science behind one of physics' most extraordinary discoveries, he shows how, through understanding antimatter, we can shed light on some of the deepest mysteries of the universe. - ;Antimatter explores a strange mirror world, where particles have identical yet opposite properties to those that make up the familiar matter we encounter everyday; where left becomes right, positive becomes negative; and where, should matter and antimatter meet, the two annihilate in a blinding flash of energy that makes even thermonuclear explosions look feeble by comparison. It is an idea long beloved of science-fiction stories - but here, renowned science writer Frank Close shows that the reality of antimatter is even more fascinating than the fiction itself. We know that once, antimatter and matter existed in perfect counterbalance, and that antimatter then perpetrated a vanishing act on a cosmic scale that remains one of the greatest mysteries of the universe. Today, antimatter does not exist normally, at least on Earth, but we know that it is real for scientists are now able to make small pieces of it in particle accelerators, such as that at CERN in Geneva. Looking at the remarkable prediction of antimatter and how it grew from the meeting point. of relativity and quantum theory in the early 20th century, at the discovery of the first antiparticles, at cosmic rays, annihilation, antimatter bombs, and antiworlds, Close separates the facts from the fiction about antimatter, and explains how its existence can give us profound clues about the. origins and structure of the universe. - ;This is a must read for fans of science and science fiction alike. - Dr John Gribbin, www.bbcfocusmagazine.com more...

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What happens to light when it is trapped in a box? Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics addresses a fascinating question in physics: what happens to light, and in particular to its interaction with matter, when it is trapped inside a box? With the aid of a model-building approach, readers discover the answer to this question and come to appreciate its important applications in computing, cryptography, quantum teleportation, and opto-electronics. more...

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