As probably the most successful scientific theory ever created, quantum theory has profoundly changed our view of the world and extended the limits of our knowledge. It has impacted on the theoretical interpretation of a tremendous range of phenomena and the practical development of a host of new technologies. Yet for all its success, aspects of quantum theory remain baffling. Quantum Reality: Theory and Philosophy, Second Edition cuts through much of the confusion to provide readers with an explorationof quantum theory that is as authoritatively comprehensive as it is intriguingly comprehensible. It presents a thorough grounding in the theoretical machinery of quantum physics. Fully updated throughout to include the latest results in quantum entanglement, quantum computing, and an introduction to quantum cosmology and quantum gravity. Without needing an extensive physics and mathematics background, the book requires only an interest in understanding how quantum theory came to be and the myriad ways itboth explains how our universe functions and extends the reach of human knowledge. The world beneath the one that we experience with our senses is profoundly mysterious, and while we may never completely unravel that mystery, quantum theory allows us to come closer than ever to understanding where the science leaves off and the mystery begins. Quantum Reality: Theory and Philosophy, Second Edition makes that understanding accessible to anyone possessing a quest for knowledge and a sense of awe. Written by well-known physics author and teacher Dr. Jonathan Allday, this highly engaging work : offers a whistle-stop tour through the early part of the 20th century when the founding fathers of quantum theory forever altered the frontiers of human thought, provides an example-filled interpretation of the theory, its applications, and its pinnacle in Quantum Field Theory (QFT), which is crucial in shaping ideas about the nature of reality, and separates fact from speculat …|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/89fe462e/quantum-reality-jonathan-allday-9781032122380.jpg|9781032122380|Quantum Reality : Paperback : Taylor & Francis Ltd : 9781032122380 : 11 Nov 2022 : Quantum Reality: Theory and Philosophy, Second Edition cuts through much of the confusion to provide readers with an exploration of quantum theory that is as authoritat …|new|1|1|998|44.99|0|GBP|Jonathan Allday|Taylor & Francis Ltd|11 Nov 2022|Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum f … 9781032178073|The Durham Papers|31.99|https://wordery.com/the-durham-papers-hilary-rubinstein-9781032178073|Admiral Sir Philip Durham (1763?1845) was one of the most distinguished and colourful officers of the late Georgian Navy. His lucky and sometimes controversial career included surviving the sinking of HMS Royal George in 1782, making the first conquest of the tricolour flag in 1793 and the last in 1815, and having two enemy ships surrender to him at Trafalgar. A Scot distantly related to Lord Barham, Durham entered the Navy in 1777, serving initially on the American and West Indies stations. He was Kempenfelt’s signal officer on HMS Victory during the second battle of Ushant in 1781 and on the Royal George. Making his reputation initially as the daring young master and commander of HMS Spitfire early in the French Revolutionary War, he became a crack frigate captain with a fortune in prize money, and commanded HMS Defiance at Trafalgar, where he was wounded. He ended his war service as Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands. En voyage he artfully captured two brand-new French frigates which were subsequently taken into the service of Britain, and during his tenure he won the heartfelt gratitude of local merchants by ridding the surrounding seas of American privateers preying on British trading vessels. True to form, he clashed with the judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court on Antigua and with the general with whom he led a combined naval and military assault on Martinique and Guadeloupe following Napoleon’s escape from Elba. He later served as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth having resigned his parliamentary seat to do so. Married first to the sister of the Earl of Elgin, of ‘Marbles’ fame, and secondly to a cousin of ‘sea wolf’ Lord Cochrane, he was well-known to George III, who as a result of Durham’s amusing yet improbable anecdotes, dubbed any tall tale he heard ‘a Durham’. This collection of his papers consists mainly of letters and despatches relating to his service in the Channel Fleet, the Mediterranean, and the Leeward Islands. Correspondence with his parents …|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/cf0ab0cb/the-durham-papers-hilary-rubinstein-9781032178073.jpg|9781032178073|The Durham Papers : Paperback : Taylor & Francis Ltd : 9781032178073 : 30 Sep 2021 : Admiral Sir Philip Durham (1763-1845) was one of the most distinguished and colourful officers of the late Georgian Navy. The collection comprises a fascinating and i …|new|1|1|999|36.99|0|GBP|Hilary Rubinstein|Taylor & Francis Ltd|30 Sep 2021|Military history books 9781032179858|The Ashgate Research Companion to Thomas Hardy|34.99|https://wordery.com/the-ashgate-research-companion-to-thomas-hardy-rosemarie-morgan-9781032179858|In The Ashgate Research Companion to Thomas Hardy, some of the most prominent Hardy specialists working today offer an overview of Hardy scholarship and suggest new directions in Hardy studies. The contributors cover virtually every area relevant to Hardy’s fiction and poetry, including philosophy, palaeontology, biography, science, film, popular culture, beliefs, gender, music, masculinity, tragedy, topography, psychology, metaphysics, illustration, bibliographical studies and contemporary response. While several collections have surveyed the Hardy landscape, no previous volume has been composed especially for scholars and advanced graduate students. This companion is specially designed to aid original research on Hardy and serve as the critical basis for Hardy studies in the new millennium. Among the features are a comprehensive bibliography that includes not only works in English but, in acknowledgment of Hardy’s explosion in popularity around the world, also works in languages other than English.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/6d6eed45/the-ashgate-research-companion-to-thomas-hardy-rosemarie-morgan-9781032179858.jpg|9781032179858|The Ashgate Research Companion to Thomas Hardy : Paperback : Taylor & Francis Ltd : 9781032179858 : 30 Sep 2021 : Bringing together eminent Hardy scholars, The Ashgate Research Companion to Thomas Hardy offers an overview of Hardy scholarship and sugg …|new|1|1|999|39.99|0|GBP|Rosemarie Morgan|Taylor & Francis Ltd|30 Sep 2021|Literary studies: from c 1900 - 9781032176581|Polycystic Kidney Disease|33.99|https://wordery.com/polycystic-kidney-disease-jinghua-hu-9781032176581|This volume focuses on the investigatory methods applied to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), one of the most common human genetic diseases. ADPKD is caused by mutations in PKD1 and TRPP2, two integral membrane proteins that function as receptor/ion channels in primary cilia of tubular epithelial cells. Thus, ADPKD belongs to ciliopathies, a group of disorders caused by abnormal cilia formation or function. This proposed book will cover the state-of-the-art methods ranging from molecular biology, biochemistry, electrophysiology, to tools in model animal studies. Key Features Explores the role of cilia in polycystic kidney disease Focuses on myriad state-of-the-art methods and techniques Reviews specific mutations integral to this autosomal genetic disease Includes discussions of model systems|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/137310c6/polycystic-kidney-disease-jinghua-hu-9781032176581.jpg|9781032176581|Polycystic Kidney Disease : Paperback : Taylor & Francis Ltd : 9781032176581 : 30 Sep 2021 : This volume focuses on methods applied to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), a common human genetic disease. ADPKD is caused by abnormal ci …|new|1|1|999|38.99|0|GBP|Jinghua Hu|Taylor & Francis Ltd|30 Sep 2021|Renal medicine & nephrology 9781032179872|Everyday Objects|31.99|https://wordery.com/everyday-objects-tara-hamling-9781032179872|This book is about the objects people owned and how they used them. Twenty-three specially written essays investigate the type of things that might have been considered ’everyday objects’ in the medieval and early modern periods, and how they help us to understand the daily lives of those individuals for whom few other types of evidence survive - for instance people of lower status and women of all status groups. Everyday Objects presents new research by specialists from a range of disciplines to assess what the study of material culture can contribute to our understanding of medieval and early modern societies. Extending and developing key debates in the study of the everyday, the chapters provide analysis of such things as ceramics, illustrated manuscripts, pins, handbells, carved chimneypieces, clothing, drinking vessels, bagpipes, paintings, shoes, religious icons and the built fabric of domestic houses and guild halls. These things are examined in relation to central themes of pre-modern history; for instance gender, identity, space, morality, skill, value, ritual, use, belief, public and private behaviour, continental influence, materiality, emotion, technical innovation, status, competition and social mobility. This book offers both a collection of new research by a diverse range of specialists and a source book of current methodological approaches for the study of pre-modern material culture. The multi-disciplinary analysis of these ’everyday objects’ by archaeologists, art historians, literary scholars, historians, conservators and museum practitioners provides a snapshot of current methodological approaches within the humanities. Although analysis of material culture has become an increasingly important aspect of the study of the past, previous research in this area has often remained confined to subject-specific boundaries. This book will therefore be an invaluable resource for researchers and students interested in learning about important new wor …|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/ff774e20/everyday-objects-tara-hamling-9781032179872.jpg|9781032179872|Everyday Objects : Paperback : Taylor & Francis Ltd : 9781032179872 : 30 Sep 2021 : Material culture research has become an increasingly important aspect of the study of medieval and early modern societies, yet its study often remains uncoordinated an …|new|1|1|999|36.99|0|GBP|Tara Hamling|Taylor & Francis Ltd|30 Sep 2021|The arts: general issues 9781032182001|Territory|39.99|https://wordery.com/territory-nicholas-blomley-9781032182001|Introduction to the concept of territory as it applies to law. Accessible to students. Of interest to those working in the areas of sociolegal studies, geography, urban studies and politics.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/761fa6fe/territory-nicholas-blomley-9781032182001.jpg|9781032182001|Territory : Hardback : Taylor & Francis Ltd : 9781032182001 : 09 Sep 2022 : This book introduces readers to the concept of territory, as it applies to law, while demonstrating the particular work that territory does in organizing property relations.|new|1|1|999|44.99|0|GBP|Nicholas Blomley|Taylor & Francis Ltd|09 Sep 2022|Law & society 9781032124278|Drug Policy|29.99|https://wordery.com/drug-policy-alison-ritter-9781032124278|Taking a multidisciplinary perspective (including public health, sociology, criminology, and political science amongst others) and using examples from across the globe, this book provides a detailed understanding of the complex and highly contested nature of drug policy, drug policy making, and the theoretical perspectives that inform the study of drug policy. It draws on four different theoretical perspectives: evidence-informed policy, policy process theories, democratic theory, and post-structural policy analysis. The use and trade in illegal drugs is a global phenomenon. It is viewed by governments as a significant social, legal, and health problem that shows no signs of abating. The key questions explored throughout this book are what governments and other bodies of social regulation should do about illicit drugs, including drug policies aimed at improving health and reducing harm, drug laws and regulation, and the role of research and values in policy development. Seeing policy formation as dynamic iterative interactions between actors, ideas, institutions, and networks of policy advocates, the book explores how policy problems are constructed and policy solutions selected, and how these processes intersect with research evidence and values. This then animates the call to democratise drug policy and bring about inclusive meaningful participation in policy development in order to provide the opportunity for better, more effective, and value-aligned drug policies. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of drug policy from a number of disciplines, including public health, sociology, criminology, and political science.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/daa8c83c/drug-policy-alison-ritter-9781032124278.jpg|9781032124278|Drug Policy : Paperback : Taylor & Francis Ltd : 9781032124278 : 30 Nov 2021 : Taking a multidisciplinary perspective (including public health, sociology, criminology, and political science amongst others), and using examples from across the globe, th …|new|1|1|999|34.99|0|GBP|Alison Ritter|Taylor & Francis Ltd|30 Nov 2021|Criminology: legal aspects 9781032192420|The Failure of Markets|114.99|https://wordery.com/the-failure-of-markets-craig-allan-medlen-9781032192420|The core thesis of this book is that the major economic issues of renewable energy, housing, health and income disparities could best be addressed through direct government “in kind” production and redistributive measures. It is argued that this governmental “in kind” production of essential needs would allow a rapid movement towards solutions that the market cannot possibly match. The market works through indirect means. So, it is no mystery why in the areas of energy, housing and health, problems are not only formidable but in many respects are getting worse. In contrast, governmental “in kind” production would be direct. Outcomes could be explicitly planned and managers would be publicly accountable. This shift in production should be accompanied by redistributive measures through higher taxes on corporations and the rich and the possible adoption of monetary policies in line with Modern Monetary Theory. Relatedly, the book demonstrates that the current lack of imaginative solutions results from a paralysis of imagination, rooted deeply in nineteenth century liberalism that held that the market was to serve all issues. A progressive agenda today needs to separate out “needs” from “wants” and to engage government production in the service of collectivist needs. “In kind” production would infuse a democratic component within the economy. The last chapter of the book also deals with how the ideology of neo-liberalism blocks even the contemplation of governmental production in the service of people’s needs. This accessible work will be of significant interest to anyone seeking original solutions to age-old problems, particularly readers of public policy, heterodox economics, progressive politics and MMT. More generally, it is of interest to scholars and students in the fields of economics, political science and sociology. Craig Allan Medlen is Professor Emeritus at Menlo College, California, USA"–
