{"product_id":"surfing-the-quantum-world-9780198808275","title":"Surfing the Quantum World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Levin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford UP\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: Physics and Astronomy\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Physics - Quantum Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ideas and phenomena of the quantum world are strikingly unlike those encountered in our visual world. \u003cem\u003eSurfing the Quantum World\u003c\/em\u003e shows why and how this is so. It does this via a historical review and a gentle introduction to the fundamental principles of quantum theory, whose core concepts and symbolic representations are used to explain not only \"ordinary\" microscopic phenomena like the properties of the hydrogen atom and the structure of the Periodic Table of the Elements, but also a variety of mind-bending phenomena. Readers will learn that particles such as electrons and photons can behave like waves, allowing them to be in two places simultaneously, why white dwarf and neutron stars are gigantic quantum objects, how the maximum height of mountains has a quantum basis, and why quantum objects can tunnel through seemingly impenetrable barriers. Included among the various interpretational issues addressed is whether Schrödinger's cat is ever both dead and alive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford UP","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45091941089431,"sku":"9780198808275","price":907.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780198808275.webp?v=1769205328","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/surfing-the-quantum-world-9780198808275","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}