Absolutely small : how quantum theory explains our everyday world / Michael D. Fayer.
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TextPublisher: New York : AMACOM, c2010Description: ix, 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780814414880Subject(s): Quantum theory -- Popular works | Quantum chemistry -- Popular worksLOC classification: QC174.12 | .F379 2010| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schrödinger's cat -- Size is absolute -- Some things about waves -- The photoelectric effect and Einstein's explanation -- Light: waves or particles? -- How big is a photon and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle -- Photons, electrons, and baseballs -- Quantum racquetball and the color of fruit -- The hydrogen atom: the history -- The hydrogen atom: quantum theory -- Many electron atoms and the periodic table of elements -- The hydrogen molecule and the covalent bond -- What holds atoms together - diatomic molecules -- Bigger molecules: the shapes of polyatomic molecules -- Beer and soap -- Fat, it's all about the double bonds -- Green house gases -- Aromatic molecules -- Metals, insulators, and semiconductors -- Think quantum.