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FUNDAMENTAL does for physics what Tim's first book, ELEMENTAL, does for chemistry: it demystifies the topic in his trademark humorous, engaging style, including the most recent developments in the field. At the start of the twentieth century, science appeared complete and the laws of nature were almost all discovered, but then we woke a sleeping giant - we discovered quantum mechanics. In the quantum realm, objects can be in two places at once. It's a place where time travel is not only possible, but necessary. It's a place where cause and effect can happen in reverse and observing something changes its state. From parallel universes to antimatter, quantum mechanics has revealed that when you get right down to it, the laws of nature are insane. The scientist J. B. S. Haldane once said, 'Reality is not only stranger than we imagine . . . it's stranger than we can imagine.' Never is this more true than with quantum mechanics; our best, most recent attempt to make sense of the fundamental laws of nature. FUNDAMENTAL is a comprehensive beginner's guide to quantum mechanics, explaining not only the weirdness of the subject but the experiments that proved it to be true. Using a humorous and light-hearted approach, FUNDAMENTAL tells the story of how the most brilliant minds in science grappled with seemingly impossible ideasProduct Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
ISBN-139781472143488
eBay Product ID (ePID)17046447911
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFundamental: How Quantum and Particle Physics Explain Absolutely Everything (Except Gravity)
Publication Year2019
SubjectScience, Physics
TypeTextbook
AuthorTim James
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height232 mm
Item Weight300 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorTim James