About this title: The author shows how dramatic improvements in experimental technique and new theories have provided extraordinary new insights into how the quantum universe works. He guides us through mind-bending experiments and seemingly paradoxical results so that we can grasp the fundamental riddle of today's quantum mechanics: why a single photon can be seen going in two directions at once.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 1996-05-01
ISBN-13:9780316328197ISBN:0316328197
Description: Good. A copy that has been read many times, but remains in good condition. Smudges on the text block. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Overall a good readying copy. * Delivery confirmation on all domestic orders. Fast Shipping. read more
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 0316328197 Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Little Brown & Co, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780316328197ISBN:0316328197
Description: Fair. No Jacket as Issued. This copy has suffered some water damage, with some staining, and stiffening to the covers and pages. The text is clean and would serve as a suitable reading copy. read more
Edition: 1st US Edition
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston-New York
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780316328388ISBN:0316328383
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780316328197ISBN:0316328197
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Softcover; VG++ condition; Almost New; PRINTED TEXT LOOKS UNREAD; light shelfwear; (shelf b72); "The author takes complex, mind-bending experiments, and makes it accessible to the lay reader"; 261 pages; Includes Illustrations; Index; read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780316328197ISBN:0316328197
Description: Very Good. No DJ Issued. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very Nice Condition with No writing, Not ex-library, Not a remainder. Near like new. Uncreased spine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 261 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780316328197ISBN:0316328197
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Used copy. No remainder mark. Corners bumped, but clean, crisp, readable copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 272 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"This book really deserves five stars, but because I have a mind that doesn't easily comprehend math and science, it got the lesser rating. Still, I love the exploration of quantam mysteries and other such things I'll likely never understand. Gribben does do a fine job of delving into this odd world, with an endearing touch of personality and unpretentious humor."
"I'm rating this book a two, but just because I couldn't really understand it, so the whole time I read it my brain hurt. I rate these things largely on the basis of my subjective experience anyways, rather than by some objective criterion.
It was cool, though, and exposed me to some nifty ideas about the universe."
"John Gribben is a gifted science explainer, in the style of the late Isaac Azimov. His previous books have explored the history of physics and cosmology and here his mission is to bring the lay reader up to date on the latest theories and speculations in the quantum world. The new large hadron collider at the CERN may give proof or may refute some of these unknowns so that some may say that science has provided yet more deep and subtle truths, adn others will say that it discloses the greater grandeur of God's plans. Either way, one cannot have sufficient knowledge to understand without conquering works like Gibbons."
"One of the best books on quantum mechanices I have read out of half a dozen. It presents a history of quantum mechanics and "explains" basic quantum events fairly well. It's strong point is in clearly delineating between physical reality and mathematical models. It also presents an intriguing alternative model of quantum mechanics."
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