A Simple Guide to Popular Physics will help beginning students and non-specialists understand a quantum world they may have thought was beyond their academic reach.

What does this book cover?

A Simple Guide to Popular Physics: An Introduction to Particles, Quantum Physics and Cosmology for Absolute Beginners is a very successful attempt to explain the complexities of modern cosmology and quantum physics in a way ordinary people can understand without ‘dumbing it down’ or over-simplifying. It explains how and why the basic particles of the world act the way they do.

A Simple Guide to Popular Physics offers simple, understandable answers to questions like:

• If atoms are mostly empty space, why don’t I fall through the floor?
• What is relativity, and how does it relate to time and space?
• Is antimatter ‘real’, and if so where does it come from?
• Is the world we sense what is actually ‘out there’?

About the Author  

Dr Tony Harris teaches at the University of Toronto, where his is the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Cell & Systems Biology. He has a deep grasp of quantum physics and how quantum effects combine to create the world we see.

A Simple Guide to Popular Physics: An Introduction to Particles, Quantum Physics and Cosmology for Absolute Beginners is a great way to learn more about the mysteries of quantum physics.