101 Quantum Questions
- ISBN-10
- 0674050991
- ISBN-13
- 9780674050990
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 291
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Kenneth W. Ford
Description
This reader-friendly, richly illustrated book provides an engaging overview of quantum physics, from “big ideas” like probability and uncertainty and conservation laws to the behavior of quarks and photons and neutrinos, and on to explanations of how a laser works and why black holes evaporate.
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