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020			_a9781633882393 _q(hardcover)
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050	0	0	_aQC174.12 _b.W15 2017
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100	1		_aWalker, Michael S., _d1939- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aQuantum fuzz : _bthe strange true makeup of everything around us / _cMichael S. Walker.
264		1	_aAmherst, New York : _bPrometheus Books, _c[2017]
264		4	_c©2017
300			_a448 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), color map ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPlanck, Einstein, Bohr - experiments and early ideas -- Heisenberg, Dirac, Schroedinger - quantum mechanics and the quantum atom -- Application -six hundred million watts! -- The essential features of quantum mechanics -- Clash of titans -what is real? uncertainty, entanglement, John Bell, and parallel worlds -- What does it all mean - quantum mechanics, mathematics, and the nature of science -- Applications - quantum computing, code cracking, teleportation, and encryption -- Galaxies, black holes, gravity waves, matter, the forces of nature, the Higgs boson, dark matter, dark energy, and string theory -- Energy, momentum, and the spatial states of the hydrogen atom -- Spin and magnetism -- Exclusion and the Periodic table -- The physics underlying the chemistry of the elements -- A few types of chemical bonds, for example -- The makeup of solid materials -- Insulators and electrical conduction in normal metals and semiconductors -- Superconductors I - definition, and applications in transportation, medicine and computing -- Fusion power - lasers and tokomaks -- Magnetism, magnets, magnetic materials and their applications -- Graphenes, carbon fibers and one "dream" application -- Semiconductors and electronic applications -- Superconductors II - large scale applications in science, power generation, and transmission.
520			_a"A lucid introduction to the basics of quantum physics for the lay reader, showing how much the scientific understanding of reality has changed in the last century and how important this science is to technology, the economy, and modern life"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aQuantum theory.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aWalker, Michael S., 1939- author. _tQuantum fuzz _dAmherst, New York : Prometheus Books, [2017] _z9781633882409 _w(DLC) 2016035281
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttps://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1618/2016031862-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttps://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1618/2016031862-d.html
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