Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Classical Magnetic Needles
- 3 The Stern–Gerlach Experiment
- 4 The Conundrum of Projections; Repeated Measurements
- 5 Probability
- 6 The Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen Paradox
- 7 Variations on a Theme by Einstein
- 8 Optical Interference
- 9 Quantal Interference
- 10 Amplitudes
- 11 Working with Amplitudes
- 12 Two-Slit Inventions
- 13 Quantum Cryptography
- 14 Quantum Mechanics of a Bouncing Ball
- 15 The Wavefunction
- Appendix A A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics
- Appendix B Putting Weirdness to Work
- Appendix C Sources
- Appendix D General Questions
- Appendix E Bibliography
- Appendix F Skeleton Answers for Selected Problems
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Classical Magnetic Needles
- 3 The Stern–Gerlach Experiment
- 4 The Conundrum of Projections; Repeated Measurements
- 5 Probability
- 6 The Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen Paradox
- 7 Variations on a Theme by Einstein
- 8 Optical Interference
- 9 Quantal Interference
- 10 Amplitudes
- 11 Working with Amplitudes
- 12 Two-Slit Inventions
- 13 Quantum Cryptography
- 14 Quantum Mechanics of a Bouncing Ball
- 15 The Wavefunction
- Appendix A A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics
- Appendix B Putting Weirdness to Work
- Appendix C Sources
- Appendix D General Questions
- Appendix E Bibliography
- Appendix F Skeleton Answers for Selected Problems
- Index
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- The Strange World of Quantum Mechanics , pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000