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Author: Kenneth W. Ford ,
Paul Hewitt
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.426kg
ISBN: 9780674066076
ISBN 10: 0674066073
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 22 October 2012
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
In this entertaining and comprehensive overview, Ford, former director of the American Institute of Physics, manages to encapsulate modern physics while illuminating rather than befuddling the lay reader...By using humor and straight talk to answer questions that often bedevil the non-scientist who attempts to grasp this knotty subject, Ford has created an entertaining read and an excellent companion piece to more detailed popular treatments of modern physics. Publishers Weekly (starred review) 20110207 Kenneth Ford's question-and-answer-style guide to the weirdness of the quantum realm is a clear and handy reference. Ford's easy-going prose will help you feel right at home at nature's tiniest and most counterintuitive scale. -- Amanda Gefter New Scientist 20110312 Among the slew of books published in the last several decades aiming to explain modern physics to the public, this work is surely one of the best. -- Jack W. Weigel Library Journal (starred review) 20110315 This work provides the means for a lay reader to gain a basic understanding of much of the technical language and jargon that filters into popular accounts of quantum physics. -- D. B. Moss Choice 20110901
In this entertaining and comprehensive overview, Ford, former director of the American Institute of Physics, manages to encapsulate modern physics while illuminating rather than befuddling the lay reader...By using humor and straight talk to answer questions that often bedevil the non-scientist who attempts to grasp this knotty subject, Ford has created an entertaining read and an excellent companion piece to more detailed popular treatments of modern physics. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) * Kenneth Ford's question-and-answer-style guide to the weirdness of the quantum realm is a clear and handy reference. Ford's easy-going prose will help you feel right at home at nature's tiniest and most counterintuitive scale. -- Amanda Gefter * New Scientist * Among the slew of books published in the last several decades aiming to explain modern physics to the public, this work is surely one of the best. -- Jack W. Weigel * Library Journal (starred review) * This work provides the means for a lay reader to gain a basic understanding of much of the technical language and jargon that filters into popular accounts of quantum physics. -- D. B. Moss * Choice *
Author Information
Kenneth W. Ford, retired director of the American Institute of Physics, has taught at university and high-school levels. His books include The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone and a memoir, In Love with Flying.
