Kenneth W. Ford (1926–2025)
Author of The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone
About the Author
After his early work on the H bomb Kenneth Ford taught and did nuclear physics research at several universities. Among his other books are The Quantum World, 101 Quantum Questions, and In Love with Flying. He lives with his wife Joanne in Philadelphia.
Works by Kenneth W. Ford
101 Quantum Questions: What You Need to Know About the World You Can't See (2011) 76 copies, 3 reviews
La fisica delle particelle 4 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1926-05-01
- Date of death
- 2025-12-05
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Harvard University (A.B.)
Princeton University (Ph.D.|Physics|1953) - Occupations
- theoretical physicist
teacher - Organizations
- American Institute of Physics
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
- Places of residence
- Kentucky, USA
Georgia, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Reviews
The 101 titular questions are contrived and ordered to facilitate the telling of the story the author would have told anyway. At first I thought that story was going to be overly elementary and low-aiming. But it turns out to be advanced and insightful enough to be of interest to seasoned physics aficionados. The author's knowledge is rock solid.
More particle physics (simply sketched) than quantum mechanics per se.
Very helpful , even better than his previous Quantum book
Very helpful , even better than his previous Quantum book
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- Works
- 10
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 423
- Popularity
- #57,687
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 35
- Languages
- 4