The Quantum Cookbook: Mathematical Recipes for the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

by Jim Baggott

Book Overview

Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful scientific theory. But it is also completely mad. Although the theory quite obviously works, it leaves us chasing ghosts and phantoms; particles that are waves and waves that are particles; cats that are at once both alive and dead; lots of seemingly spooky goings-on; and a desperate desire to lie down quietly in a darkened room. The Quantum Cookbook explains why this is. It provides a unique bridge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198827865
• ISBN13: 9780198827863
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"