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''A LANDMARK IN THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS'' - Jean Bricmont

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 atoms - and therefore all things - aren''t real unless shaped by human measurement. Einstein mocked this, asking if his bed evaporated only to jump back into the corner when he opened the door. And yet, quantum antirealism remains deeply influential 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 display quantum behaviour while being described by classical physics.
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      Publisher Orion
      Published 6/20/2024
      ISBN-13 9781399609593
      978-1399609593
      ISBN-10 1399609599

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''A LANDMARK IN THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS'' - Jean Bricmont

      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 atoms - and therefore all things - aren''t real unless shaped by human measurement. Einstein mocked this, asking if his bed evaporated only to jump back into the corner when he opened the door. And yet, quantum antirealism remains deeply influential 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 display quantum behaviour while being described by classical physics.
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