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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Foreword
Preface
PART ONE: DISCOVERY AND UNDERSTANDING (1900–1927)
Chapter 1. Introduction to Parts One and Two
Chapter 2. Planck, Einstein, Bohr—Experiments and Early Ideas
Chapter 3. Heisenberg, Dirac, Schrödinger—Quantum Mechanics and the Quantum Atom
Chapter 4. Application—Six Hundred Million Watts!
PART TWO: INTERPRETATION AND MIND-BOGGLING IMPLICATIONS (1916–2016)
Chapter 5. The Essential Features of Quantum Mechanics
Chapter 6. Clash of Titans—What Is Real? Uncertainty, Entanglement, John Bell, and Many Worlds
Chapter 7. What Does It All Mean?—Quantum Mechanics, Mathematics, and the Nature of Science
Chapter 8. Applications—Quantum Computing, Code Cracking, Teleportation, and Encryption
PART THREE: OUR WORLD OF RELATIVITY AND THE QUANTUM, FROM THE BIG BANG TO THE GALAXIES
Chapter 9. Galaxies, Black Holes, Gravity Waves, Matter, the Forces of Nature, the Higgs Boson, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and String Theory
Section I: Obtaining a Map of the Universe (Basically an Introduction to Understanding the Universe in Which Our Trip Takes Place)
Section II: Sightseeing (A Quick Tour through the Evolving Universe, from the Big Bang and the Very Small to the Present and the Very Large, with Stops Afterward to Explore Particular Sights, including Those Topics in the Title to This Chapter)
Section III: Key Aspects of the Big Bang Model
Section IV: Approaching the Big Bang (Creating the Conditions of the Hot “Quark Soup” just after the Big Bang, to Explore the Fundamental “Building Block” Particles of Nature and the Particles That Convey Nature's Forces)
PART FOUR: THE MANY-ELECTRON ATOM AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF CHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
Chapter 10. Introduction to Part Four
Chapter 11. Energy, Momentum, and the Spatial States of the Electron in the Hydrogen Atom
Chapter 12. Spin and Magnetism
Chapter 13. Exclusion and the Periodic Table
Chapter 14. The Physics Underlying the Chemistry of the Elements
Chapter 15. A Few Types of Chemical Bonds, for Example
Chapter 16. The Makeup of Solid Materials
Chapter 17. Insulators and Electrical Conduction in Normal Metals and Semiconductors
PART FIVE: QUANTUM WONDERS IN MATERIALS AND DEVICES, LARGE AND SMALL
Chapter 18. Nanotechnology and Introduction to Part Five
Chapter 19. Superconductors I—Definition and Applications in Transportation, Medicine, and Computing
Chapter 20. Fusion for Electrical Power, and Lasers Also for Defense
Chapter 21. Magnetism, Magnets, Magnetic Materials, and Their Applications
Chapter 22. Graphene, Nanotubes, and One “Dream” Application
Chapter 23. Semiconductors and Electronic Applications
Chapter 24. Superconductors II—Large-Scale Applications in Science, Power Generation, and Transmission
Photo Insert
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: The Nature and Spectrum of Electromagnetic Waves
Appendix B: Empirical Development of the Periodic Table of the Elements
Appendix C: Quantum Computer Development
Appendix D: The Atomic Sizes and Chemistries of the Elements
Appendix E: The Production of X-Rays
Notes
Glossary
References and Recommended Reading
Index
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