In Search Of Schrodinger's Cat: Updated Edition

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This book does have a lot of good information and does explain some aspects of quantum mechanics very well for someone with little experience, but he kind of unravels at the end. Well, it was all these scientists talking about wave/ particle duality - how subatomic particles behaved both like a wave and a particle, and changed into one or the other only upon observation. Elon Musk: "Reading the source material is better than reading other people's opinions about the source material. Una de las cosas que más disfruto de la divulgación en mi área (en la que supuestamente tengo una formación rigurosa en las técnicas y los conceptos fundamentales) son los detalles históricos sobre como surgieron y se desarrollaron las ideas.

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Another theory, the MWI or Many World Interpretation is not big on uncertainty but hurls another outrageous curveball. La capacidad de John Gribbin de despertar la curiosidad y al mismo tiempo ser un buen crítico de la manera como los físicos hemos divulgado o entendemos la teoría cuántica es genial, especialmente al hablar de un tema de tanto interés. Gribbin seems to have a sound understanding of quantum mechanics, and his writing is rather well crafted, but sometimes I think he'd rather have been a historian than a physicist. this book explains generally the perplexing, mind-boggling, paradoxical principles of quantum physics while relating the history of discoveries leading up to and through it, including the discovery of the X-Ray. Si bien mucha agua ha pasado por el río de la física contemporánea desde el tiempo en el que el texto fue escrito (finales de los 80) los temas y las discusiones tienen una actualidad pasmosa que demuestra lo poco que realmente hemos avanzado en la comprensión de la teoría cuántica.The third part probes some of the deeper mysteries, possibilities and paradoxes of quantum mechanics. I enjoy all the history, connections and stories, and the experiments and ideas—just don’t ask me to recite any of it. Keep in mind that this an illustration of what Schrodinger saw as the problem with the Copenhagen idea of Quantum superposition.

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It was the first popular book about quantum physics I've read and I think I was lucky to start with it. The best thing about this theory is (to many) that God is not inclined here to play addictive games like dice. He begins with an explanation on the very basic unit of life - "the atom" and the various evolving attempts by scientists to give an accurate description of the structure of an atom (Including the various experiments leading to the discovery of protons, neutrons and electrons). We have to find a new view of the world that has to agree with everything that is known, but disagrees in its predictions somewhere.

The author in the end also touches upon the theory of supersymmetry which is the latest field under study within the quantum community and deals with unifying matter (particles like electrons,protons, quarks etc) and force (the bosons like photons etc).

He takes us step-by-step into an ever more bizarre and fascinating place—requiring only that we approach it with an open mind.Physics is about probing into the unknown and what we need is imagination, but imagination in a terrible straitjacket. La historia y las discusiones que aborda siguen siendo tan actuales como lo fueron en el momento en el que fue escrito. I would recommend Brian Greene, but he always wants to throw a plug in for the wonders of string theory and how it will solve EVERY SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM EVER; IT WILL EVEN CURE CANCER AND OBESITY! Gribbin reveals the concepts very slowly, which might not be a bad thing, so this may seem a bit tedious at first.