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Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics
- J. Wheeler, K. Ford, J. Rigden
- Physics, Art
- 1998
He studied with Niels Bohr, taught Richard Feynman, and boned up on relativity with his friend and colleague Albert Einstein. John Archibald Wheeler's fascinating life brings us face to face with the…
Efficient use of energy
- K. Ford
- Medicine
- 1979
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Application of semiclassical scattering analysis
- K. Ford, J. Wheeler
- Physics
- 1 July 1959
The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone
- K. Ford
- Physics, Education
- 20 April 2004
Common sense tells us that matter doesn't vanish into thin air, a particle and a wave have little in common, and good knowledge leads to good prediction. Yet when we move beyond the range of everyday…
Second‐law efficiency: The role of the second law of thermodynamics in assessing the efficiency of energy use
- K. Ford, G. Rochlin, S. D. Silverstein
- Physics
- 13 February 2008
Quantum effects near a barrier maximum
- K. Ford, D. Hill, M. Wakano, J. Wheeler
- Physics
- 1 July 1959
101 Quantum Questions: What You Need to Know about the World You Can't See
- K. Ford
- Physics, Education
- 31 March 2011
Ken Ford's mission is to help us understand the "great ideas" of quantum physics--ideas such as wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, superposition, and conservation. These fundamental…
John Wheeler's work on particles, nuclei, and weapons
- K. Ford
- Physics
- 31 March 2009
For a time, Wheeler regarded nuclear physics as the best way to “do battle with nature.” But then he became attracted to the simplicity of the muon, which is immune to the strong nuclear force. He…
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