Simply Quantum Physics

CONTENTS
THE QUANTUM WORLD
	VANISHINGLY SMALL
	THREE TINY PIECES
	PARTICLE ZOO
	WHAT IS LIGHT?
	QUANTUM CONSTANT
	RIPPLES IN SPACE
	WAVE OR PARTICLE
	HOLDING IT TOGETHER
	THE FORCE OF DECAY
	OPPOSITES ATTRACT
	DRAWN TOGETHER
PRE-QUANTUM PUZZLES
	IDEAL BODIES
	UV CATASTROPHE
	PACKETS OF ENERGY
	ENERGETIC STATES
	CLOUDS OF PROBABILITIES
	PHOTON ENERGY
THE WAVE FUNCTION
	DESCRIBING A QUANTUM STATE
	IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE
	SQUARED WAVE
	WAVE TRANSFORMATIONS
	NOT ALL IS KNOWABLE
	PREDICTING CHANGE
	EVADING MEASUREMENT
	INSTANT COLLAPSE
	PARADOX IN A BOX
INTERPRETATIONS OF QUANTUM PHYSICS
	UNDERSTANDING QUANTUM PHYSICS
	EVERYTHING CAN AND DOES HAPPEN
	INFINITE REPETITION
	UNSEEN INFLUENCE
	A QUANTUM HANDSHAKE
	SPONTANEOUS COLLAPSE
	SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
	THE OBSERVER’S BELIEF
	THROUGH THE MAZE
	DIFFERENT VIEWS
QUANTUM PHENOMENA
	“SPIN”
	FIELDS OF ATTRACTION
	THE GREAT DIVIDE
	NO ROOM FOR TWO
	WHAT BARRIER?
	DISTANCE NO OBJECT
	QUANTUM TELEPORTATION
	UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT
	INSIDE SOLID OBJECTS
	ALTERED STATES
	FLOWING WITHOUT FRICTION
	ENDLESS CHARGE
	STRANGE QUANTUM ATOMS
	UNUSUAL ORBITS
QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
	FIRING PHOTONS AT ATOMS
	HIGHLY CONCENTRATED
	KEEPING TIME
	SOLID STATES
	SILICON CHIPS
	LIGHT RELEASE
	CAPTURING PHOTONS
	LEVITATION
	TUNNELING PAIRS
	SQUIDS
	LOOKING INSIDE
	SEEING WITHOUT LIGHT
	ATOMIC PROBE
QUANTUM INFORMATION
	NOT JUST ZEROS AND ONES
	SUPERFAST
	QUANTUM CODES
	SIMULATORS
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
	SEEKING STABILITY
	SPLITTING ATOMS
	COMBINING NUCLEI
PARTICLE PHYSICS
	ON THE TRAIL OF ELUSIVE PARTICLES
	SIMPLY SMASHING
	SMALLER THAN AN ATOM
	NO STRONG INTERACTIONS
	THE QUANTUM WORLD EXPLAINED
	FORCE CARRIERS
	WHY PARTICLES HAVE MASS
	THE OPPOSITE OF MATTER
	NOT SO STANDARD
	UNIVERSAL FIELDS
	THE JEWEL OF PHYSICS
	THREE-COLOR QUARK
QUANTUM GRAVITY
	COMBINED FORCES
	QUANTUM FOAM
	TINY VIBRATING STRINGS
	TYING IT TOGETHER
	THE FABRIC OF SPACE
QUANTUM BIOLOGY
	PHOTONS AND FOLIAGE
	IT’S IN OUR DNA
	TUNNELING FOR A REACTION
	MAGNETIC PERCEPTION
	OUR SENSE OF SMELL
	QUANTUM CONSCIOUSNESS?
INDEX