A Journey into Modern Physics: From Relativity to Quantum Technologies

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
1: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity: A New Vision of the World
	1.1	 The Theory of Special Relativity: A New Conception of Time and Space
	1.2	 Energy from Mass
	1.3	 General Relativity: The Geometrization of Gravity
	1.4	 Predictions, Experimental Verifications and Cosmological Implications
2: Quantum Mechanics: The Bizarre Atomic and Subatomic World
	2.1	 A New Physics for the Microscopic World
	2.2	 The Birth of Quantum Mechanics
	2.3	 Quantum Mechanics Meets Special Relativity
	2.4	 The Infinitely Small and the Fundamental Forces
3: Condensed Matter and the Technological Impact of the First Quantum Revolution
	3.1	 Quantum Mechanics and Condensed Matter
	3.2	 Quantum Materials: The Extraordinary Manifestations of Quantum Physics at the Macroscopic Level
	3.3	 Quantum Mechanics in Everyday Life: The Technological Impact of Quantum Physics
4: The Second Quantum Revolution and Quantum Technologies
	4.1	 The Copenhagen Interpretation and the Paradoxes of Schrödinger’s Cat and Zeno’s Quantum Arrow
	4.2	 EPR Paradox, “Entanglement” and Alternative Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
	4.3	 Bell’s Inequality and Aspect’s Experiments
	4.4	 New Quantum Technologies
		4.4.1	 Quantum Computer
		4.4.2	 Quantum Cryptography and Teleportation
		4.4.3	 Other Quantum Technologies
		4.4.4	 The Strategic Sector of Quantum Technologies
Recommended Readings
	Theory of Special and General Relativity
	Quantum Physics