| Description |
x, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 adding spacetime into the mix -- Healing an ugly scar. The many worlds medicine -- Epilogue. Ways of looking at the same thing? |
| 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. |
| Subject(S) |
Quantum theory -- Popular works.
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Wave theory of light -- Popular works.
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Reality -- Popular works.
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| ISBN |
9781101986097 (hardcover) |
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1101986093 (hardcover) |
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