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Whenever you cross a street, sad to say, you run the risk of being struck down by a misguided vehicle. The probability of such a tragedy is infinitesimal under most circumstances, but, as the statisticians say, it is non-negligible nonetheless. By the same token, when energy travels, it may bend this way or that in response to the vagaries of gravity, following a seemingly random course. The probability that it will wander in a certain direction given certain conditions is the province of quantum mechanics, a branch of physical science that concerns itself with small-scale phenomena that cannot be observed without instruments--and that cannot be described in the terms of classical Newtonian physics.
Using such phenomena as the disintegration of light and the decomposition of radioactive matter as cases in point, Princeton University physicist Sam Treiman takes his readers through the latest theories of quantum mechanics in his aptly titled primer. He surveys the history of the field, drawing on the 20th-century work of Neils Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, and Max Planck to explain key terms; he then proceeds to enumerate some of the problems that quantum mechanics seeks to describe on the way to showing, in Richard Feynman's cheerful phrase, how the world really is.
Although accessible, Treiman's book is not for novices; its pages bristle with complex formulas and terms like lepton conservation and neutrino oscillations. Nonspecialist readers with some background in physics, however, will find Treiman's discussions to be clear and even elegant, and an altogether useful introduction to the discipline. --Gregory McNamee
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This is a rare and much-needed book: a concise but comprehensive account of quantum mechanics for popular science readers written by a respected physicist. Sam Treiman--internationally renowned for his work in particle physics--makes quantum mechanics accessible to nonspecialists. Combining mastery of the material with clear, elegant prose and infectious enthusiasm, he conveys the substance, methods, and profound oddities of the field.
Treiman begins with an overview of quantum mechanics. He sketches the early development of the field by Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, and others, and he makes clear how the quantum outlook flies in the face of common sense. As he explains, the quantum world is intrinsically probabilistic. For example, a particle is not in general in some particular place at a given instant, nor does it have a definite momentum. According to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, there is a limit to how well both location and momentum can be specified simultaneously. In addition, particles can move through barriers and otherwise move in regions of space that are forbidden by classical mechanics. If a particle has a choice of different paths, it pursues all of them at once. Particles display wave-like characteristics and waves show particle-like characteristics. Treiman pays special attention to the more fundamental wave outlook and its expression in quantum field theory. He deals here with the remarkable fact that all the particles of a given species are strictly identical, and with the unnerving fact that particles can be created and destroyed. As Treiman introduces us to these and other wonders, he also touches--without resolution--on some of the deep philosophical problems of quantum mechanics, notably how probabilities become facts.
Weaving together impeccable and up-to-date science, engaging writing, and a talent for clear explanation honed over Treiman's distinguished career as a physicist and teacher, The Odd Quantum is a remarkable survey of a field that changed the course of modern scientific and philosophical thought.
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This is a rare and much-needed book: a concise but comprehensive account of quantum mechanics written by a respected physicist for popular science readers. Sam Treiman is Professor Emeritus of Physics at Princeton University and is internationally renowned for his work in particle physics. In The Odd Quantum, he makes quantum mechanics accessible to nonspecialists, combining mastery of the material with clear, elegant prose and infectious enthusiasm as he conveys the substance, methods, and profound oddities of the field. Treiman begins with an overview of quantum mechanics.
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If only the popular science books were like this one book.......2002-03-02
Physics is beautiful. To understand beauty is rewarding. But beauty has its language. Mathematics is the language of physics. Most popular science books avoid mathematics. They focus on long and boring prose that never seem to get to the point. This book is crystal clear, filled with insights and brilliant explanations. The mathematics is here to help. Fear not. This book will surprise you greatly.
Another Introductory Book.......2001-05-20
It starts easy, you feel good until you hit the foundations. Author dives into Schroedinger's equation and even worse he starts to use a lot "Eigen.****" in the form of value, function, state etc so that you really have to slow down to comprehend clearly. Subject gets deeper and deeper and he himself says similaer to saying "just take it from me as it is correct". Than provides simple problems and solutions. Although the examples are standard that you find in any introductory course textbooks, the thechincal language he uses makes them difficult to follow. I think this book is not as easy as advertised to be. I do not blame anybody remember after all there is phrase that only few people knows what Quantum Mechanics is. You may want to read this book after reading few more introductory books especially with some formulas and calculations. If you do not know what Eigenvalue is,which author does not even define it, than you better read some calculus before you read this book.
too much math for the layman.......2000-12-02
I'll just add that there's definitely a problem with an inconsistent level of sophistication in the mathematics. I remember freshman calculus pretty well but am hazy on differential equations, and *The Odd Quantum* lost me starting with Schroedinger's equation - just when it's getting to the good stuff! (By contrast there isn't any calculus in the first three chapters.) I'm still looking for something beyond popular science books that's not too technical.
A no-nonsense book with a little mathematics........2000-01-31
In the opening introduction, Dr. Treiman explains that he wanted to write a book on quantum physics that was somewhere between the mathematical treatments one typically finds in graduate and advanced undergraduate texts, and the almost purely philosophical, "no equations allowed" armchair reading so common in the popular press. I believe that Dr. Treiman has been largely successful in achieving this goal, and I found "The Odd Quantum" to be one of the most enjoyable books I've read in a long while.
It's not hard to find books in the popular press such as "Schrodinger's Kittens and the search for reality" that deal with the subject of quantum physics. There are other examples, but all of them share one thing in common -- an almost complete lack of any real quantitative analysis or any equations. Some authors complain that a book's popularity has a kind of mathematical inverse relationship between the number of equations in the book and the number of books sold. The result is a plethora of books that deal qualitatively with philosophical issues upon which almost anyone will feel qualified to speculate.
Treiman's book is not of that ilk. True, this is not a mathematically rigorous book, nor does it develop many of the mathematical nuances found in modern quantum theory. But the book is no mathematical slouch, either. Without requiring a tremendous amount of mathematical skill, Trieman manages to bring out many of the most interesting aspects of quantum theory with clearly elucidated equations.
It's a little difficult deciding exactly what level of mathematical expertise Treiman had in mind for his readers. On the one hand, he presents Maxwell's equations with apology for the mathematical form, yet in later parts of the book he includes much of the same mathematical formalism (partial differentials, for example) with apparent expectation on the part of the reader. I suspect that his perception of the reader's grasp of mathematics is someone who has at least completed a first semester of calculus. Mathematical subjects covered in the book include integration, differentiation, partial differentiation, and some common mathematical operators. The author develops the linear non-relativistic Schrodinger equation, and if you can handle that level of mathematics the rest of the text should present no problem.
Another feature of this book is its no-nonsense approach. The author does not delve into issues such as parallel worlds, or even too much of the meaning of reality. These are all common subjects in most armchair texts on quantum theory, but Treiman's book pretty much ignores all that in favor of a basic mathematical description of the core issues in quantum mechanics. This is an ideal text as a companion for an introductory class in quantum mechanics, or as a refresher course for those who have studied the subject, but not been actively involved with it since their formal education. Mathematically inclined individuals who have not yet studied quantum physics, but wish a basic understanding of the subject would also enjoy it.
Treiman follows the traditional historical approach. He begins with a review of classical physics, including Newton's law of gravitation, the theory of relativity, conservation of energy, and classical electromagnetism. He then proceeds to outline the basic principles of the "old" quantum physics, including developments around the problem of black-body radiation, early work in spectroscopy, the Rutherford atom, Bohr's quantum model, and De Broglie's matter waves.
With this introduction properly made, Treiman proceeds to describe the foundation of modern quantum mechanics by laying out the two-slit experiment and Schroedinger's wave equation (linear and non-relativistic). There is a nice discussion of the probabilistic interpretation of the Schroedinger equation, and a quite useful summary of the basic rules that define modern quantum mechanics. Treiman also does a good job of laying the foundation in such important areas as commuting observables and how that ties in with the venerated uncertainty principle. As part of this foundational discussion Treiman describes the concept of an operator, and then proceeds to derive several common operators used in quantum physics, such as the Hamiltonian, momentum, and position operators. [I listed them by hand in the back of the book, but it would have been nice had the author summarized these important equations in the text.] The foundational material finishes with discussions on angular orbital momentum, spin, and tunneling.
With the foundations properly established the author proceeds to solve several classic problems in quantum mechanics, including the free particle, particle in a one-dimensional box, and the harmonic oscillator. There is also a very nice discussion about the fermi gas and some important distinctions between fermions and bosons, along with a good summary section describing the quantum numbers and conventions used when describing the energy levels of various atoms.
The book's last chapters include one titled `What's going on?" which delves more into the philosophical issues associated with quantum physics, and a final chapter that deals with quantum fields.
In summary, this is an excellent companion or refresher text. It's a relatively short book, though, having only about 260 pages. I would have enjoyed having more illustrations, and the index is too short. Overall, however, the book is just what I was looking for - something that's not quite intellectual pabulum, but not so mathematically involved that it cannot be read by a hot fire with a cup of tea the hour before bedtime.
Duwayne Anderson, January 30, 2000
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In this thesis I study the untwisted affine quantum algebras and their specialization at a primitive l-th root of unity. In particular my goal is the complete description of the center, when l is odd. The center of the specialization of the quantum algebra at odd roots of unity is already known in the finite case, that is for finite dimensional semisimple Lie algebras. In this thesis I prove that analogous results hold in the affine untwisted case.
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again: quality from hardy marks publications.......2000-07-05
do you think you are serious about tattooing? consider yourself a bit of an expert on it? and you don't have this book? (not even any of the other tattootime issues?) then re-think and re-consider! anyone serious about tattooing, its backgrounds, its history should have this book. and all the other four issues. they are all out on hardy marks publications; the publishing company owned and run by don ed hardy. whom you should know.
this volume is entitled "tattoo magic" and covers the following topics:
1. religious christian tattoos. apparently it already says in the bible that you should not tattoo your skin. here they elaborate on that believe, and prove that according to history it can't just be quite true...
2. inventive "cover-ups". here they show step by step progress of the cover-ups. all of them perfectly executed by don ed hardy himself. inspiring for any tattooer, i'd say.
3. sacred calligraphy. this chapter is only two pages long, and has only a short text about tattoing in the holy language of sanskrit. nevertheless, very interesting. (it inspired me for yet another tattoo...)
4. tattoing charms. here you get good background information on how this is handled in thailand. and how important it is there!
5. dragon tattoo design. not much new information if you already know about this subject, but some great photographs of works of various artists are shown.
6. tattoo magic. tattoo magic!
7. interview with richard o. tyler. an interesting talk with an interesting person. richard o. tyler was, amongst other things, a tattooer who believed in the magic of it, used very special home-made inks and tattooed only according to astrological laws.
as in all the other "tattootime" issues, all the photographs included are very good, and so are the "suggested further reading" listings at the end of each article/chapter.
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In the year 2368, humanity struggles to recuperate from a technocaust that has left a generation of orphans in its wake. Strict government regulations convince people that technology is dangerous; confusion and fear rule the earth.
Blay Raytee is a government work-camp orphan. Her future seems as bleak as that of the world around her. But when she is chosen for a special mission by a guardian of the environment named Marrella, Blay begins to discover that all may not be as it seems. The secrets she uncovers could hold the key both to the healing of the world and to her own past. What she learns may just empower her to join those who struggle to restore democracy -- and to discover at last who she really is.
Master storyteller Janet McNaughton vividly imagines an all-too-believable future where one child's brave search for the truth could restore a broken world.
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Everyone has secrets ..........2007-05-18
Imagine yourself in the near future. You don't know where your parents are, or who you truly are. If you can picture that, you can picture Blay Raytree's story. The story begins with Blay in practically a sweatshop-orphanage in the year 2368. She ggets picked out of all of the other orphans to assist a bio-indicator. While she is in the house he bio-indicator is living in, she realizes something. Whenever she runs her wrist near the kitchen scanner, it beeps. Blay asks a friend, Lem Howell, an electronics genius, to help her. They find out it is an information chip with her age (sixteen years od), real name (Which is Blake Raintree), and other important information. In return, Blake helps Lem Howell and his son, Fraser. After Lem's wife was kidnapped by the Commission, Lem went insane and was unable to care for his son, so the town took up that duty. However, when Lem recovers his sanity, he can remember everything but the birth of his son. Blake helps to reunite them, and they then decide to live together.
Blake then realizes that Marella, the bio-indicator, has to go on a task by herself, which means she wouldn't be able to use Blake's special knowledge. Because Blake worried about what would happen if Marella failed the last test. Blake runs to the Masterr and tells him everything that she has dne for Marella to help her to complete the tasks. Instead of being scolded or punished like she expected, she was praised for her knowledge and love for all things Science. After that, the book begins to wind down, and it shows the world healing from the Technocaust, the very war that caused so many children to be parentless and not know who they were, or where they came from.
I give this book five stars and two thumbs p, because Janet McNaughton did a wonderful job weaving a story about the future into things that have happened in the past (the Holocaust, Hitler's invasion, most of World War II, just in a different year, and on a greater scale of damage).She obviously scrutinized over the amount of detail that wat put into it. Anyone who is into science-fiction books, books about what could happen in the future due to the way humans are behaving in the present, or just want a good, heartrending book that you can cuddle up with, then this book is awesome. I would recommend it to people ages fourteen to sixty.
*C.S. Larochelle
The Secret Under my Skin.......2006-06-04
Blay Raytee wants to find her identity. When she gets the chance she takes it. She looks into her past and finds horrible things that happened to many citizens of Toronto her home city. The Technocaust was the cause of all this and she wants to do something about it. She meets an old man who finds out her identity and the rest goes on from there. This book was an amazing look into the future and told me about differences. This book is the all-time best book ever!
The Secret Under My Skin.......2006-05-05
The Secret Under My Skin
Janet McNaughton
Blay is chosen to help a bio- indicator accomplish a special task. As she begins helping, she also uncovers keys to both the healing power of the world and to her past.
In the year 2368, confusion and fear rule the Earth. In this world, everyone is under strict government control. Blay Raytee, a government work camp orphan, is no exception. She is told the same lies the government tells everyone. However just when she starts believing that she will live out the rest of her life in a work camp, she is saved. As she helps Marella, the bio- indicator accomplish her tests, she also learns more about herself with help from her new friends. For one thing, her name isn't Blay, but Blake Raintree. Her friend, Lem Howell, also finds out who her mother was and was able to locate one of her friends that is still alive. In return, Blake helps Lem and his son, Fraser, out. After Fraser's mom was taken away by the Commission, Lem went into a mental state. He was not able to take care of his son, so the town took care of him. However when Lem recovered, he could remember everything about what had happened except the birth of his son. Therefore, in return for all the help Lem has done for her, Blake reunites the two and they finally move in together. Blake also learns that she has made a mistake. She has allowed Marella to abuse her gift. Blake was giving her all the answers to her tests because Marella really didn't know them. Luckily, she hears what is planned for Marella and knows that it should be her doing that, so she finally gives in and tells. Instead of being punished, Blake is praised for having the gift of loving science. All is well in Blake's world, and the healing of the world has also begun. This was a good book and a good look into the future.
The author tries to use terms in the book like some of the terms associated with World War II. During the Holocaust, millions of Jews were killed, and in this book, the author calls the time when thousands of techies were killed the Technocaust. The book also refers to places where the techies where taken to after being captured as concentration camps. In the book, there is not a president or a king, but a Commission, who wants to have total power over the people, just like Hitler. Another way this book used events from WWII was when they explained how the Commission took over. Hitler took over because Germany was politically unstable after the First World War In The Secret Under My Skin, the Commission was able to take over because the governments couldn't cope with the effects of global warming. They tried to cope with floods, forest fires, hurricanes, ice storms, and the droughts and famines, but they couldn't and so they allowed themselves to be controlled by the Commission.
This book gives us a look into the future. It tells of what global warming could do to the environment and the effects it could cause to future generations. It also shines light on what could happen after the storms, when the whole world is in a state of emergency. By foreseeing what could come of this world, it also shines light on the world's past. The same types of things are happening repeatedly. Many of the things that happened in WWII happened during the Technocaust, and like in the Cold War, there is tension, brewing for war between the Commission and the Way.
This book also gives good guesses to what technological advances we could have in the future. Blake had a microchip in her arm. It told her what her name was, where she was born and her birthday. Blake also had a panel in her room, on her wall that she could set. It was like an alarm clock, radio, television and thermostat all in one. The house also had many panels throughout it that did various things such as turn the lights off and tell them when the food was running low. There are also things called last books that you have to pot into things called biblio-techs, so that you can read them.
The Secret Under My Skin was a great book. When reading you can experience how the world might be like in 2368, with all of its technological advancements. That world was not great at all, but at least we know that if the world ever did get that bad, there will still be people out there who want to make the world better and actually take a stand.
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Distopia and government control meets knowledge lover.......2005-02-21
It's always a shock when you find what you've believed since you were young is not what everyone else in your community believes to be true. Blay Raytee can't remember her parents or where she was from. She was placed in a government-run orphan work camp where they learn how technology users are evil and have to die in order for prosperity to return to the earth. She is afraid to go outside without a protective radiation suit. Things all change when she is chosen by the "bio-indicator" to be her assistant as she prepares for her trials. Blay begins to learn how different the world is from what she was taught in the work camp. She is drawn into a secret world as well as learns how to love for the first time. She also grows to understand her own value and her own hidden secrets. If you like "The Giver" by Lois Lowry, then you should enjoy this book.
Real sf for teenagers.......2004-03-04
Set in the far future in a world wrecked by exploitation, there is no airy fairy mysticism, just sensible plotting and an attempt to get to grips with scientific and technological possibilities in poor circumstances.
Well written and really compelling characters.
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The Magic Skin/la Peau De Chagrin
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"The devil take you!" said Raphael. "How are you to enter into my feelings if I do not relate the facts that insensibly shaped my character, made me timid, and prolonged the period of youthful simplicity? In this manner I cowered under as strict a despotism as a monarch's till I came of age. To depict the tedium of my life, it will be perhaps enough to portray my father to you.
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The devil take you! said Raphael. "How are you to enter into my feelings if I do not relate the facts that insensibly shaped my character, made me timid, and prolonged the period of youthful simplicity? In this manner I cowered under as strict a despotism as a monarch's till I came of age. To depict the tedium of my life, it will be perhaps enough to portray my father to you.
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Even the most natural of bombshells can use the help of a magic wand. Beauty Magic is a bewitching little handbook for aspiring spellbinders everywhere, delivering easy recipes for positively delicious homemade perfumes, lip balms, scrubs, lotions, and more. Fairy godmother Jennifer Knapp has scoured the archives of beauty history for essential secrets, uncovering wholesome, nourishing ingredients from which she concocts a delectable range of traditional treatments and contemporary delights. Luscious products like Blissful Brown Sugar Scrub, Cherry Blossom Gloss Pot, and Parisian Fizzy Champagne Bath Blasters are simple luxuries that mix up faster than you can say bippity boppity boo. In all, 101 recipes ranging from silkening salts to glimmering glosses present a lifetime supply of inspiration for the do-it-yourself glamour goddess.
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Sadima lives in a world where magic has been banned, leaving poor villagers
prey to fakes and charlatans. A "magician" stole her family's few valuables and
left Sadima's mother to die on the day Sadima was born. But vestiges of magic
are hidden in old rhymes and hearth tales and in people like Sadima, who
conceals her silent communication with animals for fear of rejection and
ridicule. When rumors of her gift reach Somiss, a young nobleman obsessed with
restoring magic, he sends Franklin, his lifelong servant, to find her. Sadima's
joy at sharing her secret becomes love for the man she shares it with. But
Franklin's irrevocable bond to the brilliant and dangerous Somiss traps her,
too, and she faces a heartbreaking decision.
Centuries later magic has been restored, but it is available only to the
wealthy and is strictly controlled by wizards within a sequestered academy of
magic. Hahp, the expendable second son of a rich merchant, is forced into the
academy and finds himself paired with Gerrard, a peasant boy inexplicably
admitted with nine sons of privilege and wealth. Only one of the ten students
will graduate -- and the first academic requirement is survival.
Sadima's and Hahp's worlds are separated by generations, but their lives are
connected in surprising and powerful ways in this brilliant first book of
Kathleen Duey's dark, complex, and completely compelling trilogy.
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Heartfelt and intense.......2007-09-17
As a high school librarian, I get frustrated when a few books get a lot of attention when there are so many high quality books for young adults out there. This book is one of the quiet gems that I want to share with all of my students because Duey has created characters that are truly resonate with teenagers. Even though the situation Sadima and Hahp are in may not be familliar in time or place, there are so many aspects of who they are that mirror teens that I see every day. I, myself, adored Sadima and her heartfelt love and connection with animals. Hahp's pain and desperation is physically painful to me, as a reader, because Hahp is such a "real" person.
One of my students took the book on Friday, and when she returned it this morning (Monday), she said that she hasn't found a book that she got so lost in in a long time. And this is one of my most prolific readers, so she had a broad frame of reference.
Share this book with teens (and adults) in your life! It's one of the better young adult books published this year!
subtle, yet provocative.......2007-08-24
In a world where magic is virtually extinct except for in the old songs a small group of people are trying their damndest to resurrect it. A girl from a farm named Sadima whose father and brother have a bitter resentment of magic leaves everything she knows and loves when a young wizard beckons her to the city of Limori. That wizard is Franklin who was sold to the a wealthy family to, in essence, become the young master's "pet". That young master is Somiss, who struggles in vain to avoid his past but whose bitter rages keep everyone in check. Along with these three is a plotline of a young man, also from a privileged family, named Hahp Malek and a fish boy straight from the slums of Limori named Gerrard da Masi, both whom attend the wizard academy set up by Franklin and Somiss to train the much younger generation in the old ways by teaching them the old breathing techniques and the songs of their forefathers. However, the power of the old magics comes at a cost, as Somiss' abusive ways soon prove to the young boys.
This book took a while to warm up, rather, for me to figure out specifically where it was going. It's told in two alternating stories, one of a young Sadima and one of the young boy named Hahp. Both have serious abusive relationships with their fathers, and both end up with the characters pursuing different magical paths, Sadima in helping reestablish the old songs and Hahp in carrying them out. But, because Duey has written it so that it switched perspectives so often, it took me some time to really get into this book. However, once I was sufficiently drawn in I found that I really wanted to know where she was going with this book, what exactly the characters were up to, and where their paths would all intersect. As it turns out Hahp and Gerrard are being taught by Somiss and Franklin, but seemingly not in quite the same period as Sadima's living with them.
It's an interesting idea though this is a very subtle book, hard to describe. I'm not sorry I read it, but I'll have to reserve judgment to see if I would like to read the sequel whenever it comes out. I am curious to know how the remainder of the series turns out, but I'll see if I still have that burning desire to know in another year or so. This may be one of those books that I look for the next book's plot summary on wikipedia in another year.
Superb.......2007-08-14
Skin Hunger is a smart, challenging, character driven fantasy that deals with difficult issues of abuse, deprivation, love, and misplaced loyalty. Fans of LeGuin's Earthsea series should take note.
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The Magic of Mehndi
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