Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction

John Polkinghorne

Jun 2021 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Dennis Holland

About this audiobook

Quantum theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid, exciting, and accessible account of the surprising and counterintuitive ideas that shape our understanding of the sub-atomic world. It does not disguise the problems of interpretation that still remain unsettled seventy-five years after the initial discoveries. Uncertainty, probabilistic physics, complementarity, the problematic character of measurement, and decoherence are among the many topics discussed. This volume offers the listener access to one of the greatest discoveries in the history of physics and one of the outstanding intellectual achievements of the twentieth century.

About the author

John Polkinghorne was from 1968 to 1979 professor of mathematical physics in the University of Cambridge, and later president of Queen's College. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, and was knighted in 1997. His many books include The Quantum World, The Faith of a Physicist, and Science and Theology.