Quantum Science

Celebrate the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology with important works on quantum mechanics and theory, selected by RCL subject editors. Resources for College Libraries (RCL) features core titles for academic libraries, curated by Choice/ACRL subject specialists. In this list, preview a selection of the 90,000+ titles available at rclweb.net.

Updated June 30, 2025
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Cosmological Koans : a journey to the heart of physical reality
Aguirre, Anthony
Paper Book
Cosmological Koans invites the reader into an intellectual adventure of the highest order. Through more than fifty Koans--pleasingly paradoxical vignettes following the ancient Zen tradition--leading physicist Anthony Aguirre takes the reader across the world from West to East...
Absolutely small : how quantum theory explains our everyday world
Fayer, Michael D.
Paper Book
Physics is a complex, even daunting topic, but it is also deeply satisfying--even thrilling. And liberated from its mathematical underpinnings, physics suddenly becomes accessible to anyone with the curiosity and imagination to explore its beauty. Science without math? It's not...
101 quantum questions : what you need to know about the world you can't see
Ford, Kenneth William
Paper Book
This reader-friendly, richly illustrated book provides an engaging overview of quantum physics, from "big ideas" like probability and uncertainty and conservation laws to the behavior of quarks and photons and neutrinos, and on to explanations of how a laser works and why black holes evaporate.
Einstein's Dice and Schrödinger's Cat: How Two Great Minds Battled Quantum Randomness to Create a Unified Theory of Physics
Halpern, Paul
Paper Book
"A fascinating and thought-provoking story, one that sheds light on the origins of... the current challenging situation in physics." --Wall Street Journal When the fuzzy indeterminacy of quantum mechanics overthrew the orderly world of Isaac...
Quantum computing from the ground up
Perry, Riley Tipton.
Paper Book
Quantum computing -- the application of quantum mechanics to information -- represents a fundamental break from classical information and promises to dramatically increase a computer's power. Many difficult problems, such as the factorization of large numbers, have so far resisted attack by...
Philosophy of physics : quantum theory
Maudlin, Tim
Paper Book
A sophisticated and original introduction to the philosophy of quantum mechanics from one of the world's leading philosophers of physics In this book, Tim Maudlin, one of the world's leading philosophers of physics, offers a sophisticated, original introduction to the...

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