The Quantum Story: A History in 40 Moments

by Jim Baggott

Book Overview

The twentieth century was defined by physics. From the minds of the world's leading physicists there flowed a river of ideas that would transport mankind to the pinnacle of wonderment and to the very depths of human despair. This was a century that began with the certainties of absolute knowledge and ended with the knowledge of absolute uncertainty. It was a century in which physicists developed weapons with the capacity to destroy our reality, whilst...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199655979
• ISBN13: 9780199655977
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.1" x 5.9"