I shall read it surfing on an inflation wave on my short journey to a distant planet.
On Feb 6, 4:26 pm, socratus <socra...@bezeqint.net> wrote: > Alice in Quantumland > an allegory of Quantum Physics > > (Below is a sample from the publisher's blurb) > > This story is physics told through a fantasy allegory. > Alice falls through the screen of her television set and finds herself > in Quantumland. This is a place where she encounters unusual > characters > who demonstrate to her the basics of quantum physics. > She meets electrons, whose positions must be uncertain unless they are > moving rapidly > She visits the Heisenberg Bank and sees particles get short term > energy loans > She talks to the Uncertain Accountant who cannot make his books > balance > because of energy fluctuations. > She meets the Quantum and Classical Mechanics at the Mechanic's > Institute and sees demonstrations of interference in their Gedanken > room. > At the Fermi Bose Academy she is told how the Pauli Principle deals > with hundreds of identical electron students. > From the Mendeleev Pier she explores the energy levels within an > atom. > She visits Castle Rutherford, the home of the nuclear Family. > The three Quark Brothers explain the composition of strongly > interacting particles. > In all of this there is only one equation. > > http://www.phy.bris.ac.uk/allegory/Alice_book.htm > > The Use of Allegory > Modern physics has given rise to some strange and marvelous concepts. > They are not only strange, they are difficult to believe. > We cannot understand them, in that we cannot make them fit > with our previous beliefs. > In that sense no one understands quantum mechanics. > We are forced to take on board new and initially unbelievable facts. > > http://www.phy.bris.ac.uk/allegory/allegory.htm > > =======. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
