Overview
Presents the strange and incredible world of the quantum, accessible to inquisitive minds
Includes the Einstein–Bohr debate in understanding of the nature of physical reality
Gives a captivating narrative history of the quantum and the great minds that made it
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
In a highly accessible style, this book presents a narrative history of the quantum theory with the new developments that intrigue all inquisitive minds. Quantum theory is counter-intuitive and sometimes downright weird. Even Nobel Laureate physicists like Richard Feynman admit that they do not understand it. Yet, so far, there is not a shred of experimental data that conflicts with its predictions. Its effect on our lives is bound to increase with the quantum information era ushered in by the great Bohr–Einstein debate. Tantalizing applications of quantum information like teleportation, spy-proof communication, super-fast quantum computers, and more are going to influence our lives and change our beliefs about the nature of physical reality. This book takes the reader on an exhilarating journey through the intellectual history of quantum that is turning out to be more surprising every day.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Born in Ankara, Turkey (1951), Selcuk Bayin received his B.Sc. (1974) from the Physics Department of the Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey, and his M.Sc. (1976) and Ph.D. (1979) from the Department of Physics of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. After spending a year at the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, as a postdoc, he joined METU as an assistant professor of Physics (1981). In 1983, he returned to the USA and spent two memorable years at Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, USA, as an assistant professor of Physics. A critical decision point in his career was when he answered the call of his Alma Mater and returned to METU, where he became a full professor (1993). He is currently at the Institute of Applied Mathematics at METU. He is a member of the American Physical Society and the Turkish Physical Society. He is also a member of the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) and the International Alumni Association (IAA). His research mainly focuses on cosmology, the general theory of relativity, and fractional calculus and its applications.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Pursuit of Reality
Book Subtitle: Narrative History of the Quantum and the Great Minds That Made it
Authors: Selçuk Ş. Bayın
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1031-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-1030-4Published: 19 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-1033-5Due: 03 July 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-1031-1Published: 18 June 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 228
Number of Illustrations: 54 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quantum Physics, Applications of Mathematics, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics