Table of Contents
Foreword David Toback 11
Preface 15
Part 1 Discovery and Understanding (1900-1927) 19
Chapter 1 Introduction to Parts One and Two 21
Chapter 2 Planck, Einstein, Bohr- Experiments and Early Ideas 25
Chapter 3 Heisenberg, Dirac, Schrödinger- Quantum Mechanics and the Quantum Atom 59
Chapter 4 Application-Six Hundred Million Watts! 83
Part 2 Interpretation and Mind-Boggling Implications (1916-2016) 89
Chapter 5 The Essential Features of Quantum Mechanics 91
Chapter 6 Clash of Titans-What is Real? Uncertainty, Entanglement, John Bell, and Many Worlds 95
Chapter 7 What Does It All Mean?-Quantum Mechanics, Mathematics, and the Nature of Science 125
Chapter 8 Applications-Quantum Computing, Code Cracking, Teleportation, and Encryption 129
Part 3 Our World of Relativity and the Quantum, from the Big Bang to the Galaxies 153
Chapter 9 Galaxies, Black Holes, Gravity Waves, Matter, the Forces of Nature, the Higgs Boson, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and String Theory 155
Section I Obtaining a Map of the Universe (Basically an Introduction to Understanding the Universe in Which Our Trip Takes Place) 156
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) 172
Section III Key Aspects of the Big Bang Model 190
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) 197
Part 4 The Many-Electron Atom and the Foundations of Chemistry and Materials Science 221
Chapter 10 Introduction to Part Four 223
Chapter 11 Energy, Momentum, and the Spatial States of the Electron in the Hydrogen Atom 227
Chapter 12 Spin and Magnetism 233
Chapter 13 Exclusion and the Periodic Table 237
Chapter 14 The Physics Underlying the Chemistry of the Elements 261
Chapter 15 A Few Types of Chemical Bonds, for Example 269
Chapter 16 The Makeup of Solid Materials 275
Chapter 17 Insulators and Electrical Conduction in Normal Metals and Semiconductors 279
Part 5 Quantum Wonders in Materials and Devices, Large and Small 285
Chapter 18 Nanotechnology and Introduction to Part Five 287
Chapter 19 Superconductors I-Definition and Applications in Transportation, Medicine, and Computing 291
Chapter 20 Fusion for Electrical Power, and Lasers Also for Defense 297
Chapter 21 Magnetism, Magnets, Magnetic Materials, and Their Applications 303
Chapter 22 Graphene, Nanotubes, and One "Dream" Application 309
Chapter 23 Semiconductors and Electronic Applications 319
Chapter 24 Superconductors II-Large-Scale Applications in Science, Power Generation, and Transmission 325
Acknowledgments 333
Appendix A The Nature and Spectrum of Electromagnetic Waves 337
Appendix B Empirical Development of the Periodic Table of the Elements 345
Appendix C Quantum Computer Development 357
Appendix D The Atomic Sizes and Chemistries of the Elements 363
Appendix E The Production of X-Rays 375
Notes 377
Glossary 399
References and Recommended Reading 421
Index 425
