Title: The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science that Made Our World
Publisher: Gotham, NY, NY, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1592404790
ISBN 13: 9781592404797
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Most of us are unaware of how much we depend on quantum mechanics on a day-to-day basis. Using illustrations and examples from science fiction pulp magazines and comic books, The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics explains the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics that underlie the world we live in.

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James Kakalios is a professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota, where he has taught since 1988, and where his class "Everything I Needed to Know About Physics I Learned from Reading Comic Books" is a popular freshman seminar. He received his Ph.D. in 1985 from the University of Chicago, and has been reading comic books for much longer.

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