Download Absolutely Small: How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World AudioBook Free
Our intuition about how precisely things should react is usually right in the each day world. We see the football soar in the air, arc, drop, and lie stationary on the floor. Through data collected by our senses and routine knowledge of the laws and regulations of classical mechanics, the motion of the ball makes perfect sense.But enter into the world of the littlest debris on earth-the action of electrons, the styles of molecules-and everything we think we know about the globe radically changes. To comprehend what's really happening on the planet around us, to comprehend the inexplicable, counterintuitive research of the tiny, we must have a quantum theory view of nature. Like no other reserve before it, Absolutely Small makes the inherently challenging field of quantum theory understandable to nonscientists, without oversimplifying and without bogging down in complicated math. Written by an award-winning teacher at Stanford College or university, the reserve uses clear explanations and real-world illustrations instead of thick equations to help you understand:
- Why strawberries are red and blueberries are blue
- How particles can change from "merged areas" to "100 % pure states" based exclusively on observation
- What sort of solo photon can maintain two places at the same time
- Why quantum matter sometimes operates like debris, and other times like waves
- Why a piece of metal will shine red when it's hot, and convert blue when it's even hotter
- What makes sodium dissolve in drinking water, while oil will not, and much more
