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Through two doors at once : the elegant experiment that captures the enigma of our quantum reality / Anil Ananthaswamy.
Van Pelt Library QC174.123 .A53 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ananthaswamy, Anil, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quantum theory--Popular works.
- Quantum theory.
- Wave theory of light--Popular works.
- Wave theory of light.
- Reality--Popular works.
- Reality.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Nonfiction.
- Physical Description:
- x, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]
- Summary:
- "It's the story of quantum mechanics told through the lens of the 'double-slit' experiment, showing how light passing through two slits cut into a cardboard sheet first challenged our understanding of light and the nature of reality almost two hundred years ago--and continues to do so"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue: The story of nature taunting us
- The case of the experiment with two holes : Richard Feynman explains the central mystery
- What does it mean "to be"? : the road to reality, from Copenhagen to Brussels
- Between reality and perception : doing the double slit, one photon at a time
- From sacred texts : revelations about spooky action at a distance
- To erase or not to erase : mountaintop experiments take us to the edge
- Bohmian rhapsody : obvious ontology evolving the obvious way
- Gravity kills the quantum cat? : the case for bringing spacetime into the mix
- Healing an ugly scar : the many worlds medicine
- Epilogue: Ways of looking at the same thing?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781101986097
- 1101986093
- OCLC:
- 1033575425
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