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Book SynopsisThe twentieth century was defined by physics. From the minds of the world''s leading physicists there flowed a river of ideas that would transport mankind to the pinnacle of wonderment and to the very depths of human despair. This was a century that began with the certainties of absolute knowledge and ended with the knowledge of absolute uncertainty. It was a century in which physicists developed weapons with the capacity to destroy our reality, whilst at the same time denying us the possibility that we can ever properly comprehend it. Almost everything we think we know about the nature of our world comes from one theory of physics. This theory was discovered and refined in the first thirty years of the twentieth century and went on to become quite simply the most successful theory of physics ever devised. Its concepts underpin much of the twenty-first century technology that we have learned to take for granted. But its success has come at a price, for it has at the same time completel
Trade Reviewan enjoyable addition to the overall quantum story * Chemistry World *
A truly exceptional book * CERN Courier *
An accessible and informative history * Science magazine *
gripping story * Flipside Magazine *
Table of ContentsPART I: QUANTUM IN ACTION; PART II: QUANTUM PROBABILITY AND QUANTUM UNCERTAINTY; PART III: QUANTUM INTERPRETATION; PART IV: QUANTUM FIELDS; PART V: QUANTUM PARTICLES; PART VI: QUANTUM REALITY; PART VII: QUANTUM GRAVITY
