Scrooge's Cryptic Carol: Visions of Energy, Time, and Quantum Nature / Edition 1

by Robert Gilmore

Overview

When the destination sign on Scrooges train reads "HEAT DEATH" instead of "HEATHROW," when his dead partner Marleys face appears as a talking head in a department store TV, and when the street lights outside his flat begin acting strangely, it is a sign of a bad night to come. Like his famous ancestor, the modern Scrooge is about to be visited by ghosts. But its not his hard heart that needs opening; its his closed mind. Physicist Robert Gilmore, author of the popular Alice in Quantumland, presents here a delightful takeoff, where the three visitations represent Science Past, Present and Future. For everyone who wants a playful, painless yet surprisingly sophisticated introduction to the ideas of modern physics, this is a brilliant tour de force and a charming read.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387948003
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	08/29/1996
Edition description:	1996
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Robert Gilmore is a lecturer in Physics at Bristol (UK) University. During his long career in particle physics, he worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and the CERN laboratory in Geneva.