Alice In Quantumland Summary

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Introduction
In the novel Alice in Quantumland, by Robert Gilmore, Alice went on an adventure in Quantumland. As Alice traveled through the wonderful world of Quantumland, she stumbled upon an electron. She also discovered energy and learned that it can be transferred or converted into many forms, but it may not be created nor destroyed. She discovered interference and learned about it at the mechanics institute. Throughout her journey she learned all about electrons, energy, interference, particles, and bosons.
Electrons
When Alice is just getting into Quantumland she runs across a spin up and spin down electron.She looked more closely at the one nearest to her and observed a small figure, coming roughly up to her waist(Gilmore 7). Alice not knowing what a spin up electron is, asked what it was,only finding out that it is only a spin up electron.A normal electron is the smallest particle known of. It carries a negative charge considered to be …show more content…

Mesons are composed of quark and anti-quark, and are sensitive to a strong force that bonds the components of the nucleus (Encyclopedia Britannica). Bosons differ dramatically from subatomic particles, known as fermions. There is no limit to the number a boson can occupy. This relates to the book because it discusses the particles required to embody the fields of quantum field theory. The quantum field theory is a body of physical principles combining the elements of quantum mechanics.



Conclusion
Throughout the novel Alice in Quantumland, by Robert Gilmore Alice goes through this town called Quantumland and learns all about quantum physics. Alice, who had once found herself lost in a crazy mixed up world, finds that she actually learned something from it. Throughout her journey throughout this mixed up world, Alice has learned all about electrons, energy, interference, particles, and

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