Quantum Theory

Descriere

Quantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid, exciting, and accessible account of the surprising and counterintuitive ideas that shape our understanding of the sub-atomic world. It does not disguise the problems of interpretation that still remain unsettled 75 years after the initial discoveries. The main text makes no use of equations, but there is a Mathematical Appendix for those desiring stronger fare. Uncertainty, probabilistic physics, complementarity, the problematic character of measurement, and decoherence are among the many topics discussed. This volume offers the reader access to one of the greatest discoveries in the history of physics and one of the outstanding intellectual achievements of the twentieth century. About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

Despre autor

John Polkinghorne

fizician, teolog și preot anglican (1930–2021)

John Charlton Polkinghorne a fost un fizician teoretic, teolog și preot anglican englez. O voce proeminentă și de prim rang în explicarea relației dintre știință și religie, el a fost profesor de fizică matematică la Universitatea Cambridge din 1968 până în 1979, când a demisionat din funcția sa de cadru didactic pentru a studia în vederea preoției, devenind preot anglican hirotonit în 1982.