What is Real?
the unfinished quest for the meaning of quantum physics
$34.78
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
24 June 2019
Summary
What is Real?: The Century-Long Brawl Over Quantum Physics
Every physicist agrees quantum mechanics is among humanity’s finest scientific achievements. But ask what it means, and the result will be a brawl. For a century, most physicists have followed Niels Bohr’s Copenhagen interpretation and dismissed questions about the reality underlying quantum physics as meaningless.
A mishmash of solipsism and poor reasoning, Copenhagen endured, as Bohr’s students vigorously protected…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473661363 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1473661366 |
| Author: | Adam Becker |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 24 June 2019 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 25mm |
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[A] fresh debut … Vivid biographical portraits enliven even dense theoretical explanations with wit and bite … With his crisp voice, Becker lucidly relates the complicated history of quantum foundations - Publishers Weekly, starred review
A useful introduction to the history of quantum theory for scientifically inclined readers - KirkusAbout The Author
Adam Becker
Adam Becker is a science journalist with a PhD in astrophysics. He has written for the New York Times, BBC, NPR, Scientific American, New Scientist, Quanta and many other publications. His first book, What Is Real?, was a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice and was longlisted for the PEN Literary Science Writing Award. He has been a science journalism fellow at the Santa Fe Institute and a science communicator in residence at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. He lives in California.
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