John Polkinghorne (Formerly Professor of Mathematical Physics at

Quantum Theory

A Very Short Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In simple language, without mathematics, this book explains the strange and exciting ideas that make the subatomic world so different from the world of the every day. It offers the general reader access to one of the greatest discoveries in the history of physics and one of the oustanding intellectual achievements of the twentieth century.

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Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 172mm x 111mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 112g
• ISBN-13: 9780192802521
• ISBN-10: 0192802526
• Artikelnr.: 14938107

Autorenporträt

John Polkinghorne was from 1968 to 1979 Professor of Mathematical Physics in the University of Cambridge, and later president of Queen's College. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, and was knighted in 1997. His many books include The Quantum World (1986), The Faith of a Physicist (1994), and Science and Theology (1998).

Inhaltsangabe

1.: Classical cracks
2.: The light dawns
3: Darkening Perplexities
4: Further developments
5: Togetherness
6: Lessons and meanings

Rezensionen

John Polkinghorne has brought to life that most mysterious and perplexing of revolutions in understanding and has made its mysteries accessible. Peter Atkins, University of Oxford