Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction

Here is a lucid, accessible guide to the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. Readers will become familiar with such concepts as uncertainty, probabilistic physics, complementarity, the problematic character of measurement, decoherence, and many other topics.

John Polkinghorne was from 1968 to 1979 Professor of Mathematical Physics in the University of Cambridge, and later president of Queen's College. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, and was knighted in 1997. His many books include The Quantum World (1986), The Faith of a Physicist (1994), and Science and Theology (1998).