Quantum Physics For Dummies helps make quantum physics understandable & accessible. From what quantum physics can do for the world to understanding hydrogen atoms readers will get complete coverage of the subject along with numerous examples to help them tackle the tough equations. Compatible with classroom text books & courses Quantum Physics For Dummies lets students study at their own paces & helps them prepare for graduate or professional exams. Coverage
Includes:: The Schrodinger Equation & its Applications The Foundations of Quantum Physics Vector Notation Spin Scattering Theory Angular Momentum & more
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The Quantum Thief is a dazzling hard SF novel set in the solar system of the far future
- a heist novel peopled by bizarre post-humans
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The Quantum Universe" brings together two authors on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show that everyone can understand the deepest questions of science. But just what is quantum physics? How does it help us understand the world? Where does it leave Newton & Einstein? & why above all can we be sure that the theory is good? The bizarre behaviour of the atoms & energy that make up the universe has led to some very woolly pronouncements on the nature of all interconnectedness. Here Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw give us the real science & reveal the profound theories that allow for concrete yet astonishing predictions about the world. This is our most up-to-date picture of reality." ...

From the bestselling authors of Why does E=mc 2?" comes " The Quantum Universe" in which Brian Cox presenter of the BBC's " Wonders of the Solar System" & " Wonders of the Universe" & Jeff Forshaw go on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show that everyone can understand the deepest questions of science. But just what is quantum physics? How does it help us understand our amazing world? Where does it leave Newton & Einstein? & why above all can we be sure that the theory is good? Here Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw give us the real science behind the bizarre behaviour of the atoms & energy that make up the universe & reveal exactly how everything that can happen does happen." ...

Quantum Wellness is the idea that you can achieve a significant increase in the health of mind body & spirit through small focused steps which will in turn yield extraordinary changes in your life. None of us makes perfect choices all the time so in this New York Times" bestseller Kathy Freston shows how small steps regarding how to eat how to work how to live in our imperfect bodies & how to stay positive can add up to significant breakthroughs in overall well-being. To do this Freston advocates setting manageable goals
- achieving a little one day a week then two then more
- & building up to a complete programme that can incorporate all or some of the eight pillars of wellness: meditation visualisation fun activities a diet of whole foods exercise helping others considering yourself & spiritual practise. In combination these will take perfect care of your mind body & spirit raising you to the pinnacle of wellness."

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' Dazzling gritty brilliance. This is a novel of scorching distinction' Sunday Times Under an endless & unforgiving sky four travellers enter the Judean desert in search of redemption. Instead amidst the barren rocks they are met by a dangerous man Musa & fall under his dark influence. But there is a fervent solitary figure also sharing their landscape denying the temptations of his neighbours & ultimately the needs of his own body. So begin forty days & nights in one of the most inhospitable terrains on earth. ' One of the finest novels I've read in years' The Times ' Completely captivating' Literary Review ' Absolutely compelling' Observer 'stunning. A writer of hallucinatory skill' John Updike ...

Jesse has survived the chasers. He's survived the roving bands of humans. & he might even have started to make some new friends. But the quarantine period is up. The army is coming in. & Jesse's about to learn that the real test of survival has only just begun. ...

How close can you get to the truth...before you become the target? Jerry Morner lives quietly in a cabin by the old quarry hurting no one. Or thats what he wants people to believe. It takes one spark & a can of petrol to expose the truth. The fire is deadly. Not for Jerry but for the two strangers found burnt to death inside. His son starts to search for answers. But he soon realises that some secrets are better left to the dead. ...

Kit doesn't know who his mother is. What he does know however is that his father Guy is dying of cancer. Feeling his death is imminent Guy gathers around him his oldest friends
- or at least the friends with the most to lose by his death. Paul
- the rising star in the Labour party who dreads the day a tape they all made at university might come to light; Alison & Robbie corporate bunnies whose relationship is daily more fractious; Pris & Haze once an item now estranged & finally Hol
- friend mentor former lover & the only one who seemed to care. But what will happen to Kit when Guy is gone? & why isn't Kit's mother in the picture? As the friends reunite for Guy's last days old jealousies affairs & lies come to light as Kit watches on.


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Thomas Kydd was promoted to acting lieutenant at the bloody Battle of Camperdown in October 1797. Now he must sit an examination to confirm his rank
- or face an inglorious return before the mast. But this is only the first of many obstacles for a man who was pressed into the Kings Service & discovered a calling for the sea. Kydd is from humble origins yet he attains the lofty heights of the quarterdeck as an officer in His Majestys Navy. If he is to avoid spending the rest of his career as a tarpaulin officer he must also become a gentleman. Kydd & his enigmatic friend Nicholas Renzi set sail in HMS Tenacious for the North American station. Aboard the old 64-gun ship Kydd comes to doubt he will ever match up to the high-born gentlemen officers.
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