Overview
- The book is the first formula-free exposé in popular form (intended for both physicists with a general interest, as well as for educated laymen) about the new field of "emergent quantum mechanics"
- Many figures and diagrams are used for the explanations
- At the same time it describes new results in this field
- A new, droplet-like model of electrons yields a replica of quantum mechanics (quantitatively correct), whereas until now the field of emergent quantum mechanics dealt with analogues of the atomic world
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents(16 chapters)
About this book
The book is almost formula-free, and explains everything by using many sketches and diagrams. The mathematical derivations underlying the main text arekept separate in a -peer reviewed - appendix.
The author, a retired professor of Flight Mechanics and Propulsion at the Delft University of Technology, chose to publish his findings in this mixed popular and scientific form, because he found that interested laymen more often than professional physicists feel the need to form visualisations of quantum phenomena.
Authors and Affiliations
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Hilversum, The Netherlands
Theo van Holten
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Atomic World Spooky? It Ain't Necessarily So!
Book Subtitle: Emergent Quantum Mechanics, How the Classical Laws of Nature Can Conspire to Cause Quantum-Like Behaviour
Authors: Theo van Holten
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-234-2
Publisher: Atlantis Press Paris
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Atlantis Press and the author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-6239-233-5Published: 16 December 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6239-234-2Published: 09 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 561
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations, 191 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quantum Physics, Popular Science in Physics, Epistemology