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Alice in Quantumland : an allegory of quantum physics
- Title
- Alice in Quantumland : an allegory of quantum physics / Robert Gilmore.
- Author
- Gilmore, R. S., 1938-
- Publication
- New York : Copernicus, [1995]
- ©1995
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PS3557.I4595 A45 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 184 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- Alice is about to enter a whole new Wonderland. It's Quantumland--a kind of intellectual amusement park, smaller than an atom, where each attraction demonstrates a different aspect of quantum theory. There she'll meet an Emperor who thinks his new clothes into existence, dance with the Three Quark Brothers at the Particle MASSquerade, travel back in time (running into herself), and experience all kinds of quantum effects. Readers will learn about the Uncertainty Principle, wave functions, the Pauli Principle, and other elusive concepts.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fictional Work
- Allegories.
- Fiction.
- Allégories.
- Romans.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Into Quantumland -- The Heisenberg bank -- The mechanic's institute -- The Copenhagen school -- The Fermi-Bose academy -- Virtual reality -- Atoms in the void -- Castle rutherford -- The particle MASSquerade -- The experimental physics phun phair.
- ISBN
- 0387914951
- 9780387914954
- 0387944923
- 9780387944920
- LCCN
- 95010163
- OCLC
- ocm32166829
- 32166829
- SCSB-8912293
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library