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" How to teach physics to your dog / "
Chad Orzel.
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BL
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697088
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b519277
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| Main Entry
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Orzel, Chad.
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How to teach physics to your dog /\ Chad Orzel.
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| Edition Statement
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1st Scribner hardcover ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Scribner,, 2009.
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viii, 241 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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1416572287
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: 9781416572282
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-230).
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| Contents
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Why talk to your dog about physics? : an introduction to quantum physics -- Which way? both ways : particle-wave duality -- Where's my bone? : the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle -- Schrödinger's Dog : the Copenhagen interpretation -- Many worlds, many treats : the many-worlds interpretation -- Are we there yet? : the quantum Zeno effect -- No digging required : quantum tunneling -- Spooky barking at a distance : quantum entanglement -- Beam me a bunny : quantum teleportation -- Bunnies made of cheese : virtual particles and quantum electrodynamics -- Beware of evil squirrels : misuses of quantum physics.
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| Abstract
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Who better to teach the magic of quantum physics than a talking dog? Sit down with Orzel and his dog Emmy as the author explains the laws of physics.
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Physics, Humor.
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Physics, Popular works.
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Quantum theory, Humor.
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Quantum theory, Popular works.
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| Dewey Classification
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530.12
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QC24.5.O79 2009
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