
Absolutely Small : How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World.
Title:
Absolutely Small : How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World.
Author:
Fayer, Michael D., Ph.D.
ISBN:
9780814414910
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (397 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Absolutely Small -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Schrödinger's Cat -- Chapter 2 Size Is Absolute -- Chapter 3 Some Things About Waves -- Chapter 4 The Photoelectric Effect and Einstein's Explanation -- Chapter 5 Light: Waves or Particles? -- Chapter 6 How Big Is a Photon and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle -- Chapter 7 Photons, Electrons, and Baseballs -- Chapter 8 Quantum Racquetball and the Color of Fruit -- Chapter 9 The Hydrogen Atom: The History -- Chapter 10 The Hydrogen Atom: Quantum Theory -- Chapter 11 Many Electron Atoms and the Periodic Table of Elements -- Chapter 12 The Hydrogen Molecule and the Covalent Bond -- Chapter 13 What Holds Atoms Together: Diatomic Molecules -- Chapter 14 Bigger Molecules: The Shapes of Polyatomic Molecules -- Chapter 15 Beer and Soap -- Chapter 16 Fat, It's All About the Double Bonds -- Chapter 17 Greenhouse Gases -- Chapter 18 Aromatic Molecules -- Chapter 19 Metals, Insulators, and Semiconductors -- Chapter 20 Think Quantum -- Glossary -- Index.
Abstract:
In the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Lewis Thomas, a layman's guide to the miraculous realm of quantum physics.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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