物理学史上、ニュートン力学以来の画期的な発見として、20世紀初に探究が始まった量子論（量子力学）は、現代物理学を支える大きな柱のひとつです。微視的な物理現象の世界を、著名な理論物理学者のジョン・ポーキングホーンが数式を用いずに解説します。不確定性、相補性、デコヒーレンスなどについても検証します。(cf. Quantum Physics: What Everyone Needs to Know)
  

• Central ideas of quantum theory presented entirely without mathematics
• Author is a renowned authority in the subject, and is also known for his writings on science and religion
• Accessible, concise, exciting introduction to a part of physics which has revolutionized our thinking about the world
• Based on John Polkinghorne's very successful The Quantum World - now completely revised and updated

   
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 75 years after the initial discoveries. The main text makes no use of equations, but there is a Mathematical Appendix for those desiring stronger fare. Uncertainty, probabilistic physics, complementarity, the problematic character of measurement, and decoherence are among the many topics discussed.