Odenwald S. Quantum Physics. Knowledge in a Nutshell 2020

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Knowledge in a Nutshell: Quantum Physics: The complete guide to quantum physics, including wave functions, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle and quantum gravity.
Quantum physics is perhaps one of the most challenging and mind-numbing subjects in all of physics. It is widely understood by physicists themselves as one of the deepest subjects in the scientific study of our physical world. Even Richard Feynman, noted that ‘I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum mechanics. Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possibly avoid it, “but how can it be like that a because you will go down the drain into a blind alley from which nobody has yet escaped. Nobody knows how it can be like that.
This book will try to describe the highlights of this deep understanding of matter and forces starting from the Atomist School of ancient Greece through the most advanced, current experiments on the nature of matter.
Introduction
The Dawn of Atomic Physics
Quantization
Matter Waves
Wave Functions and Quantum States
Quantum Measurement
Applications of Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Spin
Relativistic Quantum Theory
Quantum Field Theory
The Standard Model
Supersymmetry
String Theory
Quantum Gravity
Evidence for Quantum Gravity
Loop Quantum Gravity
Antimatter
Further Reading
Glossary