The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics

by Kakalios, James

  discovery of

  and the exclusion principle

  and fusion

  and isotopes

  and lasers

  and phase transition

  and radioactive half life

  and spin

  and superfluids

  Hersey, John

  Hesse, Felix

  high-temperature superconductors

  Hiroshima, Japan

  “Hiroshima” (Hersey)

  histograms

  Hitler, Adolf

  Hölldobler, Bert

  Hughes Research Laboratory

  hydrogen

  and charges of atoms

  and electrolysis

  and the exclusion principle

  and fusion

  and isotopes

  and magnetic resonance imaging

  and matter waves

  and the Schrödinger equation

  hydrogen bombs

  imaginary numbers

  The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

  infrared light

  insulators

  and electron states

  and the exclusion principle

  and quantum states

  and semiconductors

  integrated circuits

  interaction effects

  intercontinental ballistic missiles

  interference

  internal combustion engine

  International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)

  The Interpretation of Radium (Soddy)

  intrinsic angular momentum (spin)

  and Bose-Einstein condensates

  and bosons

  concept proposed

  described

  and the exclusion principle

  and experimental evidence

  as foundation of quantum mechanics

  and magnetic fields

  and magnetic resonance imaging

  and quantum entanglement

  and quantum mechanical wave functions

  and spintronics

  and superconductors

  and two-particle wave functions

  and zero spin value

  intrinsic field

  invisible writing

  ionization

  ions

  iPods

  Iron Man

  irradiation

  isotopes

  and beta rays

  and Bose-Einstein condensates

  and fusion

  and neutrons

  and radioactive decay

  It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)

  James Bond series

  Javorsky, Joseph

  jet packs

  Jimmy Olsen, Superman’s Pal

  Johnson, Tor

  Jordan, Pascual

  Joule, James

  Joules (measurement)

  Journey into Mystery

  Journey to the Center of the Earth (Verne)

  Justice League of America

  Kauffman, Sheldon

  Ketterle, Wolfgang

  Kilby, Jack

  kinetic energy

  and Bose-Einstein condensates

  and electric current

  and electrical current

  and fusion

  and lasers

  and nuclear fission

  and radioactive fallout

  and semiconductors

  and transportation modes

  Kirby, Jack

  Klep, Rolf

  Krusty the Clown

  krypton

  “The Land of the Bipos,”

  Lane, Margo

  Lang, Fritz

  laptop computers

  laser discs

  lasers

  laws of motion. See also Newtonian mechanics

  lead

  leakage effect

  Learn How Dagwood Splits the Atom

  Lee, Stan

  Legion of Superheroes

  Leinster, Murray

  Lenard, Philipp

  Lewis, Gilbert

  Ley, Willy

  Libby, Willard F.

  lie detectors

  light. See atomic-light-emission spectra; light, speed of; photons

  light, speed of

  and beta rays

  and cosmic rays

  as fundamental constant

  and momentum of particles

  and particle accelerators

  and particle spin

  and photons

  and quarks

  and radioactive decay

  and refraction

  and relativity theory

  and travel in science fiction

  and wavelength frequency

  light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

  Lightning Lad

  line spectra. See atomic-light-emission spectra

  linear algebra

  linear equations

  linear momentum

  liquid crystal displays (LCDs)

  liquid nitrogen

  lithium

  Litvinenko, Alexander

  Lois Lane, Superman’s Girlfriend

  London Underground

  Lorentz, Hendrik

  lotteries

  macroscopic quantum states

  magnetic dipoles

  magnetic fields

  and diamagnetism

  and electron spin

  and the exclusion principle

  and levitating trains

  and particle spin

  and quantum entanglement

  and spin

  and transistors

  and visible light

  magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

  Magneto

  Maiman, Theodore H.

  The Man of Bronze (Dent)

  Manhattan Project

  Manning, Glenn

  many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics

  Marvel Comics

  mass

  mass-energy equivalency

  Masuoka, Fujio

  materials science

  mathematics

  matrix algebra

  matter waves. See also de Broglie matter waves; quantum mechanical wave functions; Schrödinger wave functions

  Maxwell, James Clerk

  Maxwell’s equation

  “measurement problem,” xv

  medicine

  and laser surgery

  and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

  metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET)

  metals. See also specific materials

  microscopes, optical

  microwave radiation

  Millikan, Robert

  miniaturization

  Minneapolis, Minnesota

  mirrors

  Misner, Charles

  mobile phones

  Modern Electronics

  momentum. See also intrinsic angular momentum (spin)

  and de Broglie waves

  and the exclusion principle

  and matter waves

  “momentum space,”

  and Planck’s constant

  and the uncertainty principle

  and wave functions

  monopoles

  monsters

  Moore, Alan

  Moore, Gordon

  Moore’s Law

  More Than Human (Sturgeon)

  motion pictures

  Müller, Karl

  multiverse theory

  Murdoch, Peter

  mutually assured destruction (MAD)

  My Dream Is Yours (1949)

  The Mysterious Island (Verne)

  n-type semiconductors

  Nagasaki, Japan

  nanogenerators

  nanotechnology

  National Allied Periodicals

  Nautilus (submarine)

  neon

  nerds

  neutrinos

  neutrons

  and “cold fusion,”

  discovery of

  internal angular momentum

  and “intrinsic field,”

  and isotopesr />
  and leakage effect

  and nuclear fission

  and particle decay

  and particle spin

  and radioactivity

  and the strong force

  New Yorker

  Newton, Isaac

  Newtonian mechanics

  nitrogen

  Nobel Prize in Physics

  and Bose-Einstein condensates

  and carbon 14 dating

  and Cerenkov radiation

  and giant magnetoresistance

  and Heisenberg’s matrices

  and high-temperature superconductivity

  and photoelectric effect

  and the Schrödinger equation

  noble gases

  nonlinear equations

  Nowlan, Philip Francis

  Noyce, Robert

  nuclear forces. See also strong force; weak force

  nuclear isotopes

  nuclear magnetic fields

  nuclear reactions

  and Cerenkov radiation

  and fission

  and power generation

  in the sun

  and waste products

  nuclear weapons

  and computers

  and fusion reactions

  kinetic energy of

  and science fiction

  in science fiction

  and World War II,

  Nucleon automobile

  nucleons

  Oberth, Hermann

  observation

  Ohl, Russell

  oil slicks

  orbits

  organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)

  Osterman, Jonathan. See Dr. Manhattan

  Otto, Nikolaus

  Our Friend, the Atom

  oxygen

  ozone layer

  p-type semiconductors

  Palmer, Ray

  parallel universes

  Paris in the Twentieth Century (Verne)

  particle accelerators

  particle decay

  Pauli, Wolfgang

  Pauli exclusion principle

  periodic table of the elements

  personal electronics devices. See also consumer electronics

  pharmaceuticals

  photodetectors

  photoelectric effect

  photography

  photons

  and energy levels

  interaction with electrons

  and lasers

  and LEDs

  and magnetic resonance imaging

  and particle-wave duality

  and quantum states

  quantum theory of

  radioactivity

  and relativity

  and spin

  and uncertainty principle

  and visible light

  Physical Review

  The Physics of Superheroes (Kakalios)

  piezoelectrics

  pilot waves

  Planck, Max

  Planck’s constant (h)

  Planter X,

  Plattner, Gottfried

  “Plattner’s Story” (Wells)

  plutonium

  polarity and polarization

  polonium

  popular culture. See also science fiction

  position of particles. See also uncertainty principle

  positrons

  potential (V)

  power plants

  power sources

  prediction. See also probability

  prime number

  probability

  proportionality

  protons

  and fusion

  internal angular momentum

  and “intrinsic field,”

  and leakage effect

  and magnetic resonance imaging

  and particle accelerators

  and particle spin

  and radioactivity

  and the Schrödinger equation

  and the strong force

  and transmutation

  psi (Ψ)

  and linear equations

  and matter wave equation

  and nonlinear equations

  and spin=0 particles

  and two-electron wave functions

  pulp magazines. See science fiction

  quantum computers

  quantum entanglement

  quantum mechanical tunneling

  and “cold fusion,”

  and computer hard drives

  and fusion

  and radioactive half life

  and reflection

  and semiconductor diodes

  and teleportation

  and two-electron wave functions

  quantum mechanical wave functions. See also de Broglie matter waves

  quantum numbers

  quantum states

  and energy levels

  and glow-in-the-dark materials

  and lasers

  and Schrödinger equation

  and semiconductors

  and transistors

  quarks

  quartz

  radar

  radiation. See also specific particle types

  Cerenkov radiation

  discovery of

  film depiction of

  interference with electronics

  and nuclear waste

  and phosphorescence

  and radioactive decay

  and science fiction

  radio

  radium

  radon

  “The Reason for Antiparticles” (Feynman)

  rechargeable batteries

  rectifiers

  reflection

  refraction

  Reich, Ben

  relativity

  “The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes” (Wells)

  Remington Rand

  remote controls

  “A Rescue from Jupiter,”

  resistance

  resistors

  reverse beta decay

  “The Rise of Scientification” (Gernsback)

  Robbins, June

  robots

  Robur the Conqueror (Verne)

  rocket packs. See also jet packs

  rocket science

  Roentgen, William

  Rogers, Anthony (Buck Rogers), See Buck Rogers

  Rooney, Mickey

  Roosevelt, Franklin

  Rutherford, Ernest

  Savage, Clark, Jr. (Doc Savage)

  scattering experiment

  Schawlow, Arthur L.

  Schrödinger, Erwin

  and de Broglie matter waves

  and development of quantum mechanics

  and formal quantum theory

  and matter-wave hypothesis

  and particle spin

  and the periodic table

  Schrödinger wave functions

  and the exclusion principle

  and properties of materials

  and quantum mechanical tunneling

  and wave functions

  Schrödinger’s equation

  described

  and Dr. Manhattan

  and linear equations

  and matter wave equation

  and quantum states

  and semiconductors

  and the uncertainty principle

  science fiction. See also specific titles and characters

  and Amazing Stories

  American and European

  and angular momentum

  and atomic energy

  and Doc Savage

  as inspiration for scientists

  and magnetism

  and nuclear power

  and nuclear weapons

  and parallel universes

  and predictions of the future

  and transporters

  and video transmission

  and X-ray vision

  Science Illustrated

  Science Wonder Stories

  scientific method

  scintillometers

  scope of quantum mechanics’ impact

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  Second Law of Thermodynamics

  Secret Service Operator No. 5,

  “Secrets of Atom Valley,”

  Seduction of the Innocent scare

  semiconductors

  and data storage

  described

  and particle spin

  semiconducting diodes

  semiconductor transistors

  and solid-state physics

  and thermoelectrics

  and transistors

  The Shadow

  Showcase

  Shuster, Joe

  Siegel, Jerry

  silicon

  silver

  “The Skylark of Space” (Smith)

  Smith, E. E.

  Smithsonian Institute

  smoke detectors

  sociological predictions

  Soddy, Frederick

  sodium

  Solar, Philip

  solar energy

  Solar-Man of the Atom

  solid-state physics. See also diodes; lasers; semiconductors; superconductors; transistors

  soot

  The South Pole Terror

  Space Marines

  space program

  space travel

  Special Theory of Relativity

  spectrograms

  spectrum of light. See also atomic-light-emission spectra

  spin. See intrinsic angular momentum (spin)

  spin transport electronics (spintronics)

  standard deviation

  standing waves

  Star Trek (television)

  Stark, Tony

  Startling Stories

  statistics. See also probability

  Stern, Otto

  storage media

  Strange Adventures

  Strange Tales

  Strassmann, Fritz

  “Streamers of Death,”

  string theory

  strong force

  Strong Guy

  Sturgeon, Theodore

  subatomic particles

  submarines

  Sumerians

  sun

  Superboy

  superconductors

  superfluids

  Superman

  supernovae

  superorganisms

  The Superorganism—The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies (Hölldobler and Wilson)

  superpowers

  suspension of disbelief

  symmetry

  Szilard, Leo

  Tales of Suspense

  Tales to Astonish

  telepathy

  teleportation

  temperature

  and atomic spectra

  and blackbody radiation

  and Bose-Einstein condensates

  and fusion

  and lasers

  and light emission

  and liquid crystals

  and magnetic resonance imaging

  and semiconductors

  and superconductors

  and superfluids

  and thermoelectrics

  and transistors

  and uncertainty principle

  and waste heat

  Them! (1954)

  thermodynamics

  thermoelectrics

  thin film transistor (TFT)

  Thompson, G. P.

  thorium

  Thurber, James

  To Marry Medusa (Sturgeon)