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Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory of Quantum Physics (Hardcover)

by Robert Gilmore (Author, Illustrator) "Alice was bored ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 190 pages
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.; illustrated edition edition (1 Nov 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0387914951
  • ISBN-13: 978-0387914954
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 294,198 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Alice is about to enter a whole new Wonderland. It's Quantumland--a kind of intellectual amusement park, smaller than an atom, where each attraction demonstrates a different aspect of quantum theory. There she'll meet an Emperor who thinks his new clothes into existence, dance with the Three Quark Brothers at the Particle MASSquerade, travel back in time (running into herself), and experience all kinds of quantum effects. Readers will learn about the Uncertainty Principle, wave functions, the Pauli Principle, and other elusive concepts.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Quantum physics made fun, 11 April 2000
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This book manages to carry off the near impossible trick of succeeding on two levels: For those who are already familiar with the science in provides a superbly entertaining pastiche of the original - together with clarification of things we THOUGHT we understood before. On the other side however when used as a means of gently introducing the very non-intuitive ideas of quantum physics to (for example) a school physics class, it manages to convey the basic facts and fundamental strangeness of the quantum world to a group who would have run a mile at the sight of the Schrodinger equation. Brilliant...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for revision, 25 April 2001
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makes first year quantum physics that much easier to get your head round
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5.0 out of 5 stars I thought this book was great, 15 Jun 1998
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I am a 15yr old student and didn't really know anything about Quantum Physics - other than that it was supposed to be really difficult, complex and beyond the average person's intelligence. This book taught me quite a lot and I found it interesting(which can't be said for a lot of physics books) and informative. The only problem was that when I got to the last page, there was still more that I didn't really understand - as if there should have been more pages, it inspired me to find out more about the subject as well. I think that this book definetly deserves all five stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars FUN!!!!
This book is exceptional. Gilmore has a great skill of manipulating various everyday situations and then showing them in a quantumland that allows the reader to comprehend this... Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2001 by styleeman@hotmail.com

4.0 out of 5 stars A better writer than lecturer.
From someone who has had the priviledge to have been lectured by Dr. Gilmore at The University of Bristol I can say that this book is far better than him as a lecturer. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for beginners
Alice in Quantumland is a fantastic Book for anyone who wants to understand the mysteries of Quantium Physics, but dosn't think they are intelligent enough to read along with the... Read more
Published on 17 Nov 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and fun introduction
The Alice in Wonderland metaphor fits the subject perfectly and Gilmore does a fantastic job of catching the tone and feel of the original. Read more
Published on 28 Jan 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for anybody except the VERY VERY young.
When my son was ten, I read this to him as bedtime reading. We had a LOT of laughs. It's a great way to get the feel of quantum mechanics and have fun at the same time.
Published on 31 Dec 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars No no no!
I don't really even want to take the time to bother saying why; it wasn't worth it! I wholly appreciate what Robert Gilmore is trying to do (make quantum physics more palatable... Read more
Published on 5 April 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful introduction to quantum physics
I had attempted to read several writings geared toward introduction to quantum theories and practices,without any real understanding of what was being said. Read more
Published on 4 Mar 1998

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