Published 2017 by Prometheus Books
Quantum Fuzz: The Strange True Makeup of Everything Around Us. Copyright © 2017 by Michael S. Walker. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a website without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Walker, Michael S., 1939- author.
Title: Quantum fuzz : the strange true makeup of everything around us / by Michael S. Walker.
Description: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016031862 (print) | LCCN 2016035281 (ebook) | ISBN 9781633882393 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781633882409 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Quantum theory.
Classification: LCC QC174.12 .W347 2017 (print) | LCC QC174.12 (ebook) | DDC 530.12—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016031862
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