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BL
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876281
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Ball, Philip,1962-
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| Title & Author
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Beyond weird : : why everything you thought you knew about quantum physics is different /\ Philip Ball.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago, IL :: The University of Chicago Press,, 2018.
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, ©2018
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377 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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022655838X
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: 9780226558387
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9780226594989
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-371) and index.
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| Contents
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No one can say what quantum mechanics means (and this is a book about it) -- Quantum mechanics is not really about the quantum -- Quantum objects are neither wave nor particle (but sometimes they might as well be) -- Quantum particles aren't in two states at once (but sometimes they might as well be) -- What 'happens' depends on what we find out about it -- There are many ways of interpreting quantum theory (and none of them quite makes sense) -- Whatever the question, the answer is 'yes' (unless it's 'no') -- Not everything is knowable at once -- The properties of quantum objects don't have to be contained within the objects -- There is no 'spooky action at a distance' -- The everyday world is what quantum becomes at human scales -- Everything you experience is a (partial) copy of what causes it -- Schrödinger's cat has had kittens -- Quantum mechanics can be harnessed for technology -- Quantum computers don't necessarily perform 'many calculations at once' -- There is no other 'quantum' you -- Things could be even more 'quantum' than they are (so why aren't they)? -- The fundamental laws of quantum mechanics might be simpler than we imagine -- Can we ever get to the bottom of it?
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An exhilarating tour of the contemporary quantum landscape, Beyond Weird is a book about what quantum physics really means--and what it doesn't. Science writer Philip Ball offers an up-to-date, accessible account of the quest to come to grips with the most fundamental theory of physical reality, and to explain how its counterintuitive principles underpin the world we experience.
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Quantum theory, Popular works.
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Quantum theory.
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SCIENCE / Philosophy Social Aspects.
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SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory.
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| Dewey Classification
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530.12
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QC174.123.B36 2018
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| Parallel Title
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Why everything you thought you knew about quantum physics is different
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