My First Book of Quantum Physics

Eduard Altarriba is a graphic designer and illustrator. He runs Alababalà, a studio producing games, exhibitions, animation, apps and practical and fun workbooks for children. He has illustrated a number of books published by GMC Publications including, Discovering Architecture, Discovering Energy, My First Book of Electromagnetism, My First Book of Microbes, My First Book of Quantum Physics, My First Book of Relativity, My First Book of the Cosmos, What is War?, Migrants, Politics and Economics. Eduard lives in Barcelona, Spain.Sheddad Kaid-Salah Ferrón is a science and physics enthusiast with degrees in physics and pharmacy. Since graduation he has been teaching science to children, continuing to study physics, working in the pharmaceutical field and staring at the universe with his telescope. He now writes popular science books. Sheddad and Eduard Altarriba are an award-winning illustrator and author duo and have written a number of books published by GMC Publications including My First Book of Electromagnetism, My First Book of Quantum Physics, My First Book of Relativity and My First Book of the Cosmos. Sheddad lives in Barcelona, Spain.

• Introduction 3Sir Isaac Newton 5What we can do with classical physics 6Planck's quanta 7The mystery of light 8Maxwell and light waves 9Einstein and light 10Photons 12Waves or particles? 14The structure of the atom 16The atom 18The periodic table 20Molecules 22Atomic spectra 24The quantized atom 26The double-slit experiment 28Matter waves 30Schrödinger's cat 31The uncertainty principle 32The mystery of antimatter 34Quantum entanglement 35Radioactivity 36The tunnel effect 38Elementary particles 40Things we do every day using modern physics 42Things that we will do someday with modern physics 43Quantum timeline 44A mathematical universe 46Acknowledgements 48

Bright and stylishly retro… readers will come away with plenty of new vocabulary, plus nodding acquaintances with Einstein and other greats, Schrödinger's cat, and the central role of quantum physics in current and future tech.