Quantum: A Guide For The Perplexed
Oct 2012 · Hachette UK
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From Schrodinger's cat to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, this book untangles the weirdness of the quantum world.
Quantum mechanics underpins modern science and provides us with a blueprint for reality itself. And yet it has been said that if you're not shocked by it, you don't understand it. But is quantum physics really so unknowable? Is reality really so strange? And just how can cats be half-alive and half-dead at the same time?
Our journey into the quantum begins with nature's own conjuring trick, in which we discover that atoms -- contrary to the rules of everyday experience -- can exist in two locations at once. To understand this we travel back to the dawn of the twentieth century and witness the birth of quantum theory, which over the next one hundred years was to overthrow so many of our deeply held notions about the nature of our universe. Scientists and philosophers have been left grappling with its implications every since.
Quantum mechanics underpins modern science and provides us with a blueprint for reality itself. And yet it has been said that if you're not shocked by it, you don't understand it. But is quantum physics really so unknowable? Is reality really so strange? And just how can cats be half-alive and half-dead at the same time?
Our journey into the quantum begins with nature's own conjuring trick, in which we discover that atoms -- contrary to the rules of everyday experience -- can exist in two locations at once. To understand this we travel back to the dawn of the twentieth century and witness the birth of quantum theory, which over the next one hundred years was to overthrow so many of our deeply held notions about the nature of our universe. Scientists and philosophers have been left grappling with its implications every since.
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4.3
27 reviews
Laurie
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July 9, 2015
Is a good read but not as good as Paradox or Life on the edge. Jim uses many of the same explanations in the books which get a little tiresome if you've read them all. This is a good start into Jim 's books. Gives you much of the grounding in quantum mechanics to better understand the others he's written. And you can then also jump sections where he has repeated explanations for each book. All in all worth reading.
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Bassem Mahmoud
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January 11, 2017
Had to read yhe book twice and do a lot of reserach to understand the book. No blame ti Jim, I'm just a novice, and quantum mechanics charmed me. This book is gteat to start and unserstand the quantum world, yet you need to do your homework to understand it.
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A Google user
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October 11, 2015
Still perplexed! However, I am so intrigued and definitely want more.
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About the author
Jim Al-Khalili OBE is a British scientist, author and prolific broadcaster. He is a professor of Physics at the University of Surrey where he also holds a chair in the Public Engagement in Science. He is a vice president and trustee of the British Science Association and holds an EPSRC Senior Media Fellowship. He also recently promised to eat his boxer shorts on live TV if the results from the Opera neutrino experiment were proved to be right . . .
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