Alice in Quantumland

In this cleverly conceived book, physicist Rober Gilmore makes accessible some complex concepts in quantum mechanics by sending Alice to Quantumland - a whole new Wonderland, smaller than an atom, where each attraction demonstrates a different aspect of quantum theory.

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.

1. Into Quantumland; 2. The Heisenberg Bank; 3. The Mechanic's
Institute; 4. The Copenhagen School; 5. The Fermi-Bose Academy; 6.
Virtual Reality; 7. Atoms in the Void; 8. Castle Rutherford; 9. The
Particle MASSquerade; 10. The Experimental Physics Phun Phair