Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr walk into the famous Hotel Métropole and sit down at the author’s table to discuss the state of quantum mechanics today.
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.
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.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192)
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- CaOOCEL
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 530.12
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm)
- General Note
- Translation of: Echt quantum Translated by Tessera Translations Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781459740501 9781459740495
- LCCN
- QC174.123
- LCCN Item number
- C3413 2018eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (192 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00975529 (OCoLC)1019710468 (CaOOCEL)479009
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Simplifying quantum physics for Einstein and Bohr
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- CaBNVSL
