Quantum Physics free of Folklore · Book 3
Nighing REALITY
Quantum Fusion after 25 Years of Confusion
A further step toward the elusive notion of reality through quantum states, superposition, and entanglement.
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About the book
Nighing REALITY continues the progression from Records of the Future and Aiming at REALITY. It examines the conceptual problems surrounding quantum states, fusion, superposition, entanglement, and what those ideas imply about the structure of reality.
Inside the book
The argument, in full.
Using NASA’s InSight mission to Mars as a reminder that measurement is meant to reveal rather than create reality, this volume traces the transition from classical physics to Matrix Mechanics through radioactivity, optics, Hamiltonian mechanics, photons, atoms, entropy, and wave mechanics.
- 01
Why relational behavior does not diminish the reality of a physical object.
- 02
Why an object’s environment is part of its quantum state.
- 03
How exponential functions with real and imaginary arguments appear throughout nature.
- 04
Why discreteness is familiar even in macroscopic systems such as a vibrating guitar string.
- 05
Why light is neither a classical wave nor a stream of Newtonian particles.
- 06
How photons, bosons, and fermions differ from classical particles.
- 07
How Bose–Einstein and Fermi–Dirac statistics make statistical entropy absolute.
- 08
How de Broglie connected Einstein’s photon to massive matter.
- 09
How Heisenberg’s Matrix Mechanics emerged from disagreement between theory and experiment.
- 10
Why the uncertainty relation is not fundamentally about measurement disturbance or error.
Edition represented
2018
- Author
- Felix Alba-Juez
- Language
- English
- ISBN-13
- 9781981040339
- Series
- Quantum Physics free of Folklore · Book 3
“An excellent book delivering an entertaining, accessible yet highly informative exposition with ambitious scope, concise clarity, and conceptual precision. The author’s enthusiasm and refreshing blend of technical, scientific, and philosophical themes reward the attentive reader.”
“Wonderfully interwoven with historical discourse, this book describes the challenges surrounding classical and quantum theories and how incremental levels of understanding were revealed. It provides simplicity and clarity for the novice while retaining mathematical complexity for the curious or informed. First class!”
“If you would like to delve deeper into the mysteries of the Quantum World yet lack the formal education to go beyond metaphoric explanations, Nighing REALITY is a wonderful primer. It equips readers to reach deeper into the intricacies of our microworld reality.”