Quantum Physics: What Everyone Needs to Know® 1st Edition by Michael G. Raymer (PDF)

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Around 1900, physicists started to discover particles like electrons, protons, and neutrons, and with these discoveries believed they could predict the internal behavior of the atom. However, once their predictions were compared to the results of experiments in the real world, it became clear that the principles of classical physics and mechanics were far from capable of explaining phenomena on the atomic scale. With this realization came the advent of quantum physics, one of the most important intellectual movements in human history. Today, quantum physics is everywhere: it explains how our computers work, how lasers transmit information across the Internet, and allows scientists to predict accurately the behavior of nearly every particle in nature. Its application continues to be fundamental in the investigation of the most expansive questions related to our world and the universe. However, while the field and principles of quantum physics are known to have nearly limitless applications, the fundamental reasons why this is the case are far less understood. In Quantum Physics: What Everyone Needs to Know, quantum physicist Michael G. Raymer distills the basic principles of such an abstract field, and addresses the many ways quantum physics is a key factor in today’s science and beyond. The book tackles questions as broad as the meaning of quantum entanglement and as specific and timely as why governments worldwide are spending billions of dollars developing quantum technology research. Raymer’s list of topics is diverse, and showcases the sheer range of questions and ideas in which quantum physics is involved. From applications like data encryption and quantum computing to principles and concepts like “quantum nonlocality” and Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, Quantum Physics: What Everyone Needs to Know is a wide-reaching introduction to a nearly ubiquitousscientific topic.

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Editorial Reviews: Review I highly recommend Quantum Physics for its content and price to everyone.” –Optics & Photonics News”Quantum physics undermines all our cozy preconceptions about the nature of physical reality. Those seeking enlightenment and reassurance will find everything they need to know in Mike Raymer’s excellent book.” – Jim Baggott, author of The Quantum Story “Quantum physics: it’s weird, wonderful, and we now know useful, as Mike Raymer so ably demonstrates in this fascinating new book! He reveals how much of our modern technological world is enabled by quantum physics, from lasers to semiconductors. This book is a totally fascinating and readable account: a very accessible read for the general public.” – Sir Peter Knight, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Imperial College London “The author has explained [questions] in a “fiction” style suitable for a general audience with no background in physics … I highly recommend Quantum Physics for its content and price to everyone.” – Reva Garg, Optics & Photonics News About the Author Dr. Michael G. Raymer is Philip H. Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Professor of Physics, University of Oregon. He was founding Director of the Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science.

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⭐Because quantum theory is fundamentally unintuitive, it is difficult to teach. In this book, Raymer gives an overview of the issues, then builds the observations of the field step by step. Even a lay reader whose math skills are inadequate for the primary literature can follow the implications of these observations, explained clearly one at a time with clear writing and meaningful examples.And what strange implications! Certainly it’s well known that the integrity of reality is not what we thought once we get to the the quantum realm, but how to understand that? Not only do you gradually appreciate the remarkable evidence of quantum mechanics after completing each chapter in sequence, but you see the implications for both our general understanding of the world, and for the technologies that are rapidly developing from this field. Quantum computing, for example, is based on the very strange notion of superposed states, but after the descriptions in this book you begin to appreciate the power that could be realized from this approach once basic problems are solved. This is indeed stuff that everyone needs to know.I particularly appreciated the summary of unanswered questions and challenges that Raymer provides at the end of the book. Certainly I am not alone in the frustration of seeing clear and replicable evidence but no intuitive reality that can account for that reality in a coherent world view. No wonder there is room for bizarre interpretations of many worlds and other such things by experts in the field.At this point I remain frustrated not to have an intuition that grasps the quantum realm. But after this enjoyable book, I no longer have just the buzz worlds and generalizations; I appreciate the consistent and systematic observations that point to this strange substrate of our reality.

⭐In high school I received a short (mainly historical) exposure to quantum theory. I had also read popular science books that intrigued me – I wanted to know more. But when I was studying quantum theory at university, it all came in piecemeal. Wave mechanics in one course, some atomic physics in another, the mathematical formalism in yet another – field theory, quantum optics and quantum many-body physics capping it all off. Despite lots of exposure, it took me many years to put the big picture of quantum theory together and become comfortable with how all the pieces fit at the conceptual level. It would have been *so* much easier if this excellent book by Mike Raymer had been available to help me prepare for university study. It strikes a nice balance of being non-trivial without being overly technical. It is written by someone who has worked with pushing the frontier of experimental quantum physics as well as investigating foundational aspects of “quantum weirdness”, and this means explanations for most things cover both the concrete “how is it done?” as well as the abstract “what does it tell us?”. I am normally extremely critical of books on quantum physics for non experts (including my own) but I found little in this one that I would criticize. Perhaps the connection between the “possibility waves” and “state arrows” could have been made earlier in chapter 6?

⭐This book is an interesting list of several results of general relativity and the quantum theory. Particularly the author explicates with attention the Bell experiment. This fact is related to other questions, as entanglement. But it is important that, if we are able to measure the Bell effect, we risk to tell something of different by the Einstein theory. This text is however coherent with this system, also when the author tries to introduce important arguments, as the quantum computer.

⭐No longer with any background or preparation (once grad courses in wave mechanics and stat mech) I wanted to test and relearn what I once understood and understand current quantum mechanics applications, e.g. computational and devices. All this without the mathematics I once knew and no capacity to regain it, even with the time in retirement. This is an excellent volume for a curious layperson with some technical grounding. The concepts are superbly explained, available to anyone with an undergrad technical education or broad education with patience and concentration. If you aren’t a physics major, my counsel is stop and think about what Raymer is saying, conceptualize. If you are a physics major this book should help you gain perspective. Although I’ve long been comfortable with ambiguity – QM ambiguous by definition – wish I’d had some of this many decades ago instead of reasoning it through myself. Highly recommend.

⭐As an educator and quantum mechanician for 30 some years, I have struggled when suggesting the best book to describe quantum physics deeply without the pain of math. Some are too simple, analogies of dubious value. Some are decent, and then comes the sentence from hell that should be a chapter. Professor Raymer has set the standard in my opinion for a well written and correct description of quantum physics. He captures the excitement of recent events, and does not just go on a death march through history. It is the truth, no more, and no less. No needless hyperbole or wild speculation, but an honest appraisal of what Quantum Physics is, and what it is not.

⭐I thank and congratulate Mr Raymer for writing such an amazing book. This book helps not only in understanding the conceptual ideas in quantum physics but also provide the insights into the weirdness and complex interpretations related to the quantum measurements. It’s totally worth a read, not only for the non-scientists but also for aspiring physicists.

⭐I guess it matters who is included in “Everyone”. I have been studying Quantum Physics for several years. I expected something a bit more relatable. This book requires a more in-depth conceptual understanding than I possess.

⭐It explains in a plain way details that other books don’t get into. I miss more fields theory, it’s only at the end, but interesting explanations of entanglement, computing, etc.

⭐I have a high grade in Math, band this really is something I will read more on .

⭐Getting through the book slowly, it’s a ‘right riveting read’. Well, as riveting as these kind of books can be!!!

⭐Very interesting it explains alot, highly recommended

⭐Such an easy read, if you are interested in physics nicely put together.

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