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Smolin, Lee, 1955-
Quantum theory.
MARC Display
Einstein
's
unfinished
revolution
: the
search
for
what
lies
beyond
the
quantum
/ Lee Smolin ; illustrations by Kaća Bradonjić.
by
Smolin, Lee, 1955-
Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2019.
Call #:
530.12 S666e
Subjects
Quantum
theory.
ISBN:
9780345809100 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Search
for
what
lies
beyond
the
quantum
Description:
xxix, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"A daring new vision of the
quantum
universe, and the scandals controversies, and questions that may illuminate our future--from Canada'
s
leading mind on contemporary physics.
Quantum
physics is the golden child of modern science. It is the basis of our understanding of atoms, radiation, and so much else, from elementary particles and basic forces to the behaviour of materials. But for a century it has also been the problem child of science, plagued by intense disagreements between its intellectual giants, from Albert
Einstein
to Stephen Hawking, over the strange paradoxes and implications that seem like the stuff of fantasy. Whether it'
s
Schrödinger's cat--a creature that is simultaneously dead and alive--or a belief that the world does not exist independently of our observations of it,
quantum
theory is
what
challenges our fundamental assumptions about our reality. In
Einstein
's
Unfinished
Revolution
, globally renowned theoretical physicist Lee Smolin provocatively argues that the problems which have bedeviled
quantum
physics since its inception are unsolved for the simple reason that the theory is incomplete. There is more, waiting to be discovered. Our task--if we are to have simple answers to our simple questions about the universe we live in--must be to go
beyond
it to a description of the world on an atomic scale that makes sense. In this vibrant and accessible book, Smolin takes us on a journey through the basics of
quantum
physics, introducing the stories of the experiments and figures that have transformed the field, before wrestling with the puzzles and conundrums that they present. Along the way, he illuminates the existing theories about the
quantum
world that might solve these problems, guiding us toward his own vision that embraces common sense realism. If we are to have any hope of completing the
revolution
that
Einstein
began nearly a century ago, we must go
beyond
quantum
mechanics as we know it to find a theory that will give us a complete description of nature. In
Einstein
's
Unfinished
Revolution
, Lee Smolin brings us a step closer to resolving one of the greatest scientific controversies of our age."--From publisher.
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