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Author Al-Khalili, Jim, 1962-

Title Quantum / Jim Al-Khalili.

Publication Info. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004.
©2003

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 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  530.12 ALK    Check Shelf
Description 280 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-272) and index.
Contents Nature's conjuring trick. Buckyballs and the dual-slit experiment / Markus Arndt & Anton Zeilinger. Origins. Probability and chance. Radioactive decay / Ron Johnson. Spooky connections. Quantum chaology / Michael Berry. The watchers and the watched. The great debate. Quantum reality, according to de Broglie and Bohm / Chris Dewdney. The subatomic world. Elementary constituents / Frank Close. The search for the ultimate theory. Accentuating the negative / Paul Davies. Putting the quantum to work. Bose-Einstein condensates / Ed Hines -- Quantum mechanics and biology / Johnjoe McFadden. Into the new millennium. Quantum computing / Andrew Steane.
Subject Quantum theory -- Popular works.
ISBN 1841882380 paperback
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