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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John GribbinPublisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd Imprint: Black Swan Edition: Updated Edition Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 19.70cm Weight: 0.277kg ISBN: 9780552125550ISBN 10: 0552125555 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 15 February 1985 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAnyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it -- Niels Bohr Precise yet mysterious... as beautiful as a poem and as exciting as a novel * The Sunday Times * A gripping account of the history of quantum mechanics and a clear description of its significance - and weirdness. Absolutely fascinating -- Isaac Asimov A gripping account of the history of quantum mechanics and a clear description of its significance - and weirdness. Absolutely fascinating -- Isaac Asimov Precise yet mysterious... as beautiful as a poem and as exciting as a novel The Sunday Times Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it -- Niels Bohr In Search Of Schrödinger’s Cat is a primer for the magical, near inexplicable world of quantum mechanics; where cats are both dead and alive, and electrons can be in all places at once until you look at them. Mind-blowing. -- Dara Ó Briain * Mail on Sunday * Gribbin is an established master in the game of demystifying quantum mechanics. -- Jim al-Khalili Precise yet mysterious... as beautiful as a poem and as exciting as a novel. -- A. S. Byatt The master of popular science writing. * Sunday Times * A gripping account of the history of quantum mechanics and a clear description of its significance - and weirdness. Absolutely fascinating. -- Isaac Asimov Author InformationJohn Gribbin gained a PhD from the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge (then under the leadership of Fred Hoyle), before working as a science journalist for Nature and later New Scientist. He is the 'go to' man for quantum physics and author of many bestselling popular science books, including Erwin Schr dinger and the Quantum Revolution, In Search of the Multiverse, Science- A History and The Universe- A Biography. He is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He blogs at http-//johngribbinscience.wordpress.com Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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