Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Polkinghorne, John (Formerly Professor of Mathematical Physics at University of Cambridge)

Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)

Published on 30 May 2002 by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Very Short Introductions' series.

Paperback | 128 pages, numerous figures
174 x 115 x 7 | 112g

Quantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid, exciting, and accessible account of the surprising and counterintuitive ideas that shape our understanding of the sub-atomic world. It does not disguise the problems of interpretation that still remain unsettled 75 years after the initial discoveries. The main text makes no use of equations, but there is a Mathematical Appendix for those desiring stronger fare. Uncertainty, probabilistic physics, complementarity, the problematic character of measurement, and decoherence are among the many topics discussed.

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