To be published in June 2016 by the Oxford University Press
A nontechnical account of how quantum physics works
TALES OF THE QUANTUM:
Understanding Physics' Most Fundamental Theory
by Art Hobson
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1 / Introduction: The Tale of the Quantum in the Window
THE UNIVERSE IS MADE OF QUANTA
Chapter 2 / What Is Quantum Physics About?
Chapter 3 / Particles and Classical Mechanics
Chapter 4 / Fields and Classical Electromagnetism
Chapter 5 / What Is a Quantum?
HOW QUANTA BEHAVE
Chapter 6 / Perfect Randomness
Chapter 7 / Quantum States and How They Change
Chapter 8 / Superpositions and Macroscopic Quanta
Chapter 9 / An Entangled, Nonlocal Universe
GETTING BACK TO THE NORMAL WORLD
Chapter 10 / Schrodinger's Cat and "Measurement"
Chapter 11 / The Environment as Monitor: How Change
Becomes Irreversible
Endnotes, Glossary, Index