TY - GEN AU - Haroche,Serge TI - Quantum Physics: Inaugural Lecture delivered on Thursday 13 December 2001 SN - 978-2-7226-0273-1 PY - 2013/// CY - Paris PB - Collège de France KW - History & Philosophy Of Science KW - quantum physics KW - atom KW - atomic physics KW - laser KW - optics N1 - Ebook N2 - From the infinitely small to the infinitely big, covering over 60 spatial orders of magnitude, quantum theory is used as much to describe the still largely mysterious vibrations of the microscopic strings that could be the basic constituents of the Universe, as to explain the fluctuations of the microwave radiation reaching us from the depths of outer space. Serge Haroche tells us about the scientific theory that revolutionised our understanding of nature and made an extraordinary contribution to our means of acting on and gaining information about the world UR - https://books.openedition.org/cdf/3294 ER -