545 pages : 26 cm

"The quantum world is the world of the very small - the micro-world - where many of the greatest scientific advances of the 20th century have been made." "In this book John Gribbin, a science populariser and an award-winning writer, tells the whole story of the micro-world and the people who made the discoveries. Q is for Quantum is about the inner structure of everything, a quest which, like the quest for the understanding of the Universe at large, goes back to the ancient Greeks and touches all of scientific and philosophic thought since then. Historical highlights include Newton's work on particles, Maxwell's work on waves, the transformation of alchemy into chemistry, Mendeleev and the periodic table, and the work of researchers such as Huygens, Young and Fresnel. The longer biographies in the book include Ernest Rutherford, Richard Feynman, Linus Pauling and Erwin Schrodinger."--BOOK JACKET

Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-452)

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