Absolutely Small : : how Quantum Theory Explains our Everyday World
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Includes 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 -- Greenhouse gases -- Aromatic molecules -- Metals, insulators, and semiconductors -- Think quantum.
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PUBLISHED
New York : AMACOM, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: ix, 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0814414885
9780814414880
SUBJECTS
Quantum chemistry -- Popular works.
Quantum theory -- Popular works.