Quantum Leaps: How Quantum Mechanics Took Over Science

by Jeremy Bernstein

Book Overview

In the early years of its conception, J Robert Oppenheimer spoke of quantum theory as a subject that was 'unlikely to be known to any poet or historian.' Yet, as Bernstein notes, in just sixty-odd years, one can find at least nine million entries on Google under the rubric 'quantum theory' -- from poets and historians, as well as film critics and Buddhist monks. How did quantum mechanics enter general culture so pervasively?Having studied the subject...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9813274417
• ISBN13: 9789813274419
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"