Quantum Physics in Minutes: The inner workings of our universe explained in an instant
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- Author：Gemma Lavender
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Summary
Quantum physics is the most fundamental -- but also the most baffling -- branch of science。 Allowing for dead-and-alive cats， teleportation， antimatter， and parallel universes， as well as underpinning all of our digital technology， it's as important as it is mind-bending。 This clear and compact book demystifies the strange and beautiful quantum world， and hence the nature of reality itself。
Contents include: Schrodinger's cat， inside the atom， the particle zoo， the Higgs boson， Heisenberg's uncertainty principle， God playing dice， relativity， the Big Bang， dark energy and matter， black holes， the fate of the Universe， the Theory of Everything， quantum gravity， string theory， the multiverse， instant communication， quantum computing and cryptography， superconductivity， quantum biology， quantum consciousness， and much more。
Written as a series of mini essays with 200 simple diagrams to help understanding， there can be no easier guide to this notoriously confusing subject。 At last it's possible for non-specialists to understand quantum theory and its central role in the birth of the universe and the very existence of life。
Contents include: Schrodinger's cat， inside the atom， the particle zoo， the Higgs boson， Heisenberg's uncertainty principle， God playing dice， relativity， the Big Bang， dark energy and matter， black holes， the fate of the Universe， the Theory of Everything， quantum gravity， string theory， the multiverse， instant communication， quantum computing and cryptography， superconductivity， quantum biology， quantum consciousness， and much more。
Written as a series of mini essays with 200 simple diagrams to help understanding， there can be no easier guide to this notoriously confusing subject。 At last it's possible for non-specialists to understand quantum theory and its central role in the birth of the universe and the very existence of life。
Reviews
Trapsilo
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This book honestly leaves me with more questions than answers。 It describes concepts in a short sentence but doesn't explain why they are or how it came to be。 Disappointed overall。 This book honestly leaves me with more questions than answers。 It describes concepts in a short sentence but doesn't explain why they are or how it came to be。 Disappointed overall。 。。。more
Jared Wong
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Great book introducing a lot of the terms and theories in Quantum Physics。 I have no background in quantum physics and wanted to learn more as an introduction to this area。 This book was quite a pleasure to read。To address some complaints that this book is hard to read - I can only speak to what I know。 I took some college classes on basic physics and advanced chemistry。 So the parts on electromagnetism and atomic quantum states weren't new to me， just explained from a quantum mechanics perspect Great book introducing a lot of the terms and theories in Quantum Physics。 I have no background in quantum physics and wanted to learn more as an introduction to this area。 This book was quite a pleasure to read。To address some complaints that this book is hard to read - I can only speak to what I know。 I took some college classes on basic physics and advanced chemistry。 So the parts on electromagnetism and atomic quantum states weren't new to me， just explained from a quantum mechanics perspective。 。。。more
Christy
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Who the heck is this written for？ The tiny size and “board book” covers make it look like a toddlers’ introduction to Quantum Physics， but the explanations are so technical that you’d need to have studied physics for years to know what the author is talking about。 And if you knew that much， there are way more interesting books out there！ （I recommend Beyond Weird， Quantum， and In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat。） The reviews on Amazon average 4。8 stars out of 5， but some of them are certainly bogus。 Who the heck is this written for？ The tiny size and “board book” covers make it look like a toddlers’ introduction to Quantum Physics， but the explanations are so technical that you’d need to have studied physics for years to know what the author is talking about。 And if you knew that much， there are way more interesting books out there！ （I recommend Beyond Weird， Quantum， and In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat。） The reviews on Amazon average 4。8 stars out of 5， but some of them are certainly bogus。 One reviewer said， “Grandchild loved this book。 She is 12。” I had to laugh。 Another said， “ 。 。 。 complicated knowledge made easy to understand。” I’ve read a lot of books on the subject， and compared with others， this is definitely not easy to understand。 The material is thrown out suddenly， with no introductions or examples， so it could only be helpful as a refresher guide to someone who has already mastered the basic concepts。 I’m glad I checked it out from the library instead of buying it， because it would have been a total waste of my money。 。。。more
Hari
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200 topics about quantum physics explained shortly in easy language and very good graphical representation for each topic。 you can search topics on wikipedia for more information
Tom
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Absolutely unintelligible after 10 pages。 Maybe one could get through this in minutes if one already understood quantum physics， but I was perhaps naively hoping for this to be a primer for the layperson。 A short explanation is not necessarily an accessible explanation。
Josh Thies
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Covers many physics theories to establish the ground work for quantum physics and gives a good overview of things for further research。The direction changes can be quite jarring and some of the more speculative concepts got more coverage than necessary。 Should have spent some more time on quantum logic gates and some of the LA maths behind them instead of some of the other less related topics。
ang
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loved how easily the author made these scary looking terms for a mysterious part of physics look simple， coherent and understandable。 helped me a lot to piece abstract things together while i was working on my high school graduation thesis on multiverse。
Laura Lawless
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Good little overview for the general reader。
Debs
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I’m still non the wiser！ Have started again。 The concepts seem straight forward at the start of the book but they become progressively less so。 Maybe I will understand more when I have read it again。 This is such a vast subject I think it is highly unlikely that a normal person would be able to get it in minutes but as an attempt at bringing this subject to understandable levels it is a great start and if I had read this book as a child it may well have inspired me to look further into physics a I’m still non the wiser！ Have started again。 The concepts seem straight forward at the start of the book but they become progressively less so。 Maybe I will understand more when I have read it again。 This is such a vast subject I think it is highly unlikely that a normal person would be able to get it in minutes but as an attempt at bringing this subject to understandable levels it is a great start and if I had read this book as a child it may well have inspired me to look further into physics as a career choice。 。。。more
Ben
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While this book can't actually be read in minutes， it is still a very fast， easy and interesting read。 It manages to explain key concepts of quantum mechanics in as few and understandable words as possible。 While this book can't actually be read in minutes， it is still a very fast， easy and interesting read。 It manages to explain key concepts of quantum mechanics in as few and understandable words as possible。 。。。more
Joe Macko
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