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OverviewThe Industrial Revolution meets the quantum-technology revolution! A steampunk adventure guide to how mind-blowing quantum physics is transforming our understanding of information and energy. Winner of the PROSE Award for Best Book in Popular Science and Popular Mathematics by the Association of American Publishers, Shortlisted for the Phi Beta Award in Science by the Phi Beta Kappa Society Victorian era steam engines and particle physics may seem worlds (as well as centuries) apart, yet a new branch of science, quantum thermodynamics, reenvisions the scientific underpinnings of the Industrial Revolution through the lens of today's roaring quantum information revolution. Classical thermodynamics, understood as the study of engines, energy, and efficiency, needs reimagining to take advantage of quantum mechanics, the basic framework that explores the nature of reality by peering at minute matters, down to the momentum of a single particle. In her exciting new book, intrepid Harvard-trained physicist Dr. Nicole Yunger Halpern introduces these concepts to the uninitiated with what she calls ""quantum steampunk,"" after the fantastical genre that pairs futuristic technologies with Victorian sensibilities. While readers follow the adventures of a rag-tag steampunk crew on trains, dirigibles, and automobiles, they explore questions such as, ""Can quantum physics revolutionize engines?"" and ""What deeper secrets can quantum information reveal about the trajectory of time?"" Yunger Halpern also describes her own adventures in the quantum universe and provides an insider's look at the work of the scientists obsessed with its technological promise. Moving from fundamental physics to cutting-edge experimental applications, Quantum Steampunk explores the field's aesthetic, shares its whimsy, and gazes into the potential of a quantum future. The result is a blast for fans of science, science fiction, and fantasy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nicole Yunger HalpernPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.612kg ISBN: 9781421443720ISBN 10: 1421443724 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 31 May 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents"Prologue. Once upon a time in physics Chapter 1. Information theory: Of passwords and probabilities Chapter 2. Quantum physics: Everything at once, or, one thing at a time? Chapter 3. Quantum computation: Everything at once Chapter 4. Thermodynamics: ""May I drive?"" Chapter 5. A fine merger: Thermodynamics, information theory, and quantum physics Chapter 6. The physics of yesterday's tomorrow: The landscape of quantum steampunk Chapter 7. Pedal to the metal: Quantum thermal machines Chapter 8. Tick tock: Quantum clocks Chapter 9. Unsteady as she goes: Fluctuation relations Chapter 10. Entropy, energy, and a tiny possibility: One-shot thermodynamics Chapter 11. Resource theories: A ha'penny of a quantum state Chapter 12. The unseen kingdom: When quantum observables don't cooperate Chapter 13. All over the map: Rounding out our tour Chapter 14. Stepping off the map: Quantum steampunk crosses borders Epilogue. Where to next? The future of quantum steampunk Acknowledgments Glossary References Index"Reviews[Yunger Halpern] reimagines 19th-century thermodynamics through a modern, quantum lens, playing with the aesthetics of the 1800s through trains, dirigibles and horseless carriages. It is a physics book, but one that is as likely to attract readers of science fiction as those of popular science. —Simon Ings, NewScientist At this moment when quantum theory is being applied, nonexperts will find this guide helpful. —Harvard Magazine Quantum Steampunk is probably the best plain English explanation of quantum physics you'll find anywhere. Dr. Halpern uses illustrations, whimsical descriptions, and humor. —Quantum Zeitgeist An entertaining book... that explains the essence and secrets of the many facets of quantum thermodynamics in layman's terms....By adding literary flair to otherwise dry technical content, Yunger Halpern masterfully conveys in simple terms the variety of complex ideas that characterize the different subfields of quantum thermodynamics. —Physics Today [Yunger Halpern] combines fragments of a yet-to-be-written steampunk novel with her personal and technical accounts of coming of age in the modern era of quantum thermodynamics.This optimistic, balanced view of modern quantum research, emphasizing fundamentals and minimizing hype, is a good introduction for the general scientific-minded reader. —Charles Clark, NIST Connections [Yunger Halpern] reimagines 19th-century thermodynamics through a modern, quantum lens, playing with the aesthetics of the 1800s through trains, dirigibles and horseless carriages. It is a physics book, but one that is as likely to attract readers of science fiction as those of popular science. -- Simon Ings * NewScientist * [Yunger Halpern] reimagines 19th-century thermodynamics through a modern, quantum lens, playing with the aesthetics of the 1800s through trains, dirigibles and horseless carriages. It is a physics book, but one that is as likely to attract readers of science fiction as those of popular science. -- Simon Ings * NEW SCIENTIST * [Yunger Halpern] reimagines 19th-century thermodynamics through a modern, quantum lens, playing with the aesthetics of the 1800s through trains, dirigibles and horseless carriages. It is a physics book, but one that is as likely to attract readers of science fiction as those of popular science. -- Simon Ings * NewScientist * At this moment when quantum theory is being applied, nonexperts will find this guide helpful... * Harvard Magazine * Author InformationNicole Yunger Halpern, a theoretical physicist, is currently a Fellow of QuICS, the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science at the University of Maryland. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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