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Quantum Mechanics (A Ladybird Expert Book)

by Jim Al-Khalili - £7.99  Penguin Books Ltd (2017)
hardback    ISBN 13: 9780718186272 | ISBN 10: 0718186273

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Quantum Mechanics is a clear, simple and entertaining introduction to the weird, mind-bending world of the very, very small.
 
Written by physicist and broadcaster Professor Jim Al-Khalili, it explores all the key players, breakthroughs, controversies and unanswered questions of the quantum world.
 
You'll discover how the sun shines, why light is both a wave and a particle, the certainty of the Uncertainty Principle, Schrodinger's Cat, Einstein's spooky action, how to build a quantum computer, and why quantum mechanics drives even its experts completely crazy.

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