Introducing Quantum Theory Author:J. P. McEvoy, Oscar Zarate Quantum theory confronts us with bizarre paradoxes which upset the logical edifice of classical physics. At the sub-atomic level, one particle seems to know what the others are doing (so-called "non-locality"), and according to Heisenberg's "uncertainty principle", there is a limit on how accurately nature can be observed. And yet the theory is ... more »amazingly accurate and widely applied, explaining all of chemistry and most of physics.
'Introducing Quantum Theory' takes us on a step-by-step tour with the key players, including Planck, Einstein, Heisenberg, and Schrodinger. Each contributed at least one crucial concept to the theory. The puzzle of the wave-particle duality is here, along with descriptions of the two questions raised against Bohr's "Copenhagen Interpretation" -- the famous "dead and alive cat" and the EPR paradox. Both remain unresolved as we move into the 21st century.
Illustrator Oscar Zarate won the Will Eisner Prize for the best graphic novel of 1994.« less