Quantum physics for dummies

• Verfasst von: Jones, Andrew Zimmerman [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Quantum physics for dummies
• Verf.angabe: by Andrew Zimmermann Jones
• Ausgabe: 3rd edition
• Verlagsort: Hoboken, NJ
• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 330 Seiten)
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: ... for dummies
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Learning made easy
• Fussnoten: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
• ISBN: 978-1-394-22552-1
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• K10plus-PPN: 1885122160
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Quantum Physics -- Chapter 1 What Is Quantum Physics, Anyway? -- The Classics: Pre-Quantum Physics -- What Makes Physics Quantum? -- A Matter of Scale, or a Scale of Matter -- Measurements and Observables: How Scientists Know Quantum Physics Is True -- Doing the right tests -- Trusting (but verifying) the right tests -- Chapter 2 Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Classical Physics -- Objects in Motion: Classical Mechanics -- Newton makes the rules -- Describing motion -- Applying calculus to the motion -- Kinetic energy and momentum -- Finding momentum when direction matters -- Focusing on kinetic energy - but others exist -- Catching the Waves -- Some wavefront properties -- Wave interference and superposition -- Let There Be Light: Electromagnetism -- A light dispute: Corpuscles versus vibrations -- Dealing with obstructions -- Theories to explain light's behavior -- Young's double slit contradiction -- Maxwell's marvelous equations -- Connecting the forces -- Expressing the connections with math -- Michelson-Morley and the mysterious missing ether -- Looking for the ether -- Comparing the light on two paths -- Atoms: Building Blocks of Matter -- Ancient atomism -- Chemists discover the atom (maybe) -- And the electron -- Thermodynamics: Another Hot Topic -- The Games People Play: Unknowns and Uncertainties -- A roll of the dice: Classical probability -- Figuring the probability of an outcome for one die -- Letting probabilities simplify your analyses -- Uncertainties and deviations -- Accounting for measurement uncertainties -- Putting statistical notions to use -- Chapter 3 The Quantum Revolution.