Escape from Shadow Physics : The Quest to End the Dark Ages of Quantum Theory

Kay, Adam Forrest

ISBN 10: 1541675789 / ISBN 13: 9781541675780

Editore: Basic Books, 2024

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• Titolo: Escape from Shadow Physics : The Quest to End the Dark Ages of Quantum Theory
• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1541675789
• ISBN 13: 9781541675780
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: New

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An expert physicist argues for a revolutionary new understanding of quantum mechanics?

The received wisdom in quantum physics is that, at the deepest levels of reality, there are no actual causes for atomic events. This idea led to the outlandish belief that quantum objects—indeed, reality itself—aren’t real unless shaped by human measurement. Einstein mocked this idea, asking whether his bed spread out across his room unless he looked at it. And yet it remains one of the most influential ideas in science and our culture. 
 
In Escape from Shadow Physics, Adam Forrest Kay takes up Einstein’s torch: reality isn’t mysterious or dependent on human measurement, but predictable and independent of us. At the heart of his argument is groundbreaking research with little drops of oil. These droplets behave as particles do in the long-overlooked quantum theory of pilot waves; crucially, they showcase quantum behavior while being described by classical physics. And that classical-quantum interface points to a true understanding of quantum mechanics and a reasonable universe. 
 
A bold and essential reset of the quantum physics field, Escape from Shadow Physics the kind of true scientific revolution that comes along just once—or less—a century. 

Informazioni sugli autori

Adam Forrest Kay has two PhDs, one in literature from the University of Cambridge and the other in mathematics from the University of Oxford. He is currently a postdoctoral associate in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Adam Forrest Kay has two PhDs, one in literature from the University of Cambridge and the other in mathematics from the University of Oxford. He is currently a researcher at MIT and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.?