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QUANTUM LEAP From Dirac and Feynman, Across the Universe, to Human Body and Mind
Author(s): Vladimir G Ivancevic & Tijana T Ivancevic (Author)
- Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
- Publication Date: 3 Dec. 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 856 pages
- ISBN-10: 9812819274
- ISBN-13: 9789812819277
Book Description
This is a unique 21st-century monograph that reveals a basic, yet deep understanding of the universe, as well as the human mind and body ― all from the perspective of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory.This book starts with both non-mathematical and mathematical preliminaries. It presents the basics of both non-relativistic and relativistic quantum mechanics, and introduces Feynman path integrals and their application to quantum fields and string theory, as well as some non-quantum applications. It then describes the quantum universe in the form of loop quantum gravity and quantum cosmology. Lastly, the book turns to the human body and mind, applying quantum theory to electro-muscular stimulation and consciousness.It can be used as a graduate (or advanced undergraduate) textbook for a two-semester course in quantum physics and its modern applications. Some parts of the book can also be used by engineers, biologists, psychologists and computer scientists, as well as applied mathematicians, both in industry and academia.
Editorial Reviews
Review
It could be useful as supplementary reading by those who are already well informed in the respective areas. The quantum games section does appear to be useful. –Contemporary Physics
