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Adam Becker - What is Real?, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

What is Real?

The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics

Av Adam Becker

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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 his legacy, and the physics community favoured practical experiments over philosophical arguments. As a result, questioning the status quo long meant professional ruin. And yet, from the 1920s to today, physicists like John Bell, David Bohm, and Hugh Everett persisted in seeking the true meaning of quantum mechanics. What is Real? is the gripping story of this battle of ideas and the courageous scientists who dared to stand up for truth.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2019-06-27
  • Mått: 190 x 20 x 130 mm
  • Vikt: 305 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 384
  • Förlag: John Murray Press
  • ISBN: 9781473661363
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Adam Becker is a science journalist with a PhD in astrophysics. He is also the author of What Is Real?, a critically acclaimed book on quantum physics. In addition to his books, he has written for the New York Times, BBC, NPR, The Atlantic, Scientific American, Quanta, Fortune, and many other publications. He is also the host of the podcast Dreaming Against the Machine. He lives in California.

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A thorough, illuminating exploration of the most consequential controversy raging in modern science . . . Becker leads us through an impressive account of the rise of competing interpretations, grounding them in the human stories, which are naturally messy and full of contingencies. He makes a convincing case that it's wrong to imagine the Copenhagen interpretation as a single official or even coherent statement

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