Full name: Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality

Author: Manjit Kumar Year: 2007 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, History, Biographies, Philosophy Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads OpenLibrary Amazon Google Books eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781848310353 9780393339888 1848310358

'€œOne of the best guides yet to the central conundrums of modern physics.'€'€”John Banville Quantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you weren'€™t shocked by quantum theory, you didn'€™t really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this tour de force of science history, Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly written account of this fundamental scientific revolution, focusing on the central conflict between Einstein and Bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of science. This revelatory book takes a close look at the golden age of physics, the brilliant young minds at its core'€”and how an idea ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth century. Similar books: Uncertainty by David Lindley The Age of Entanglement by Louisa Gilder Faust in Copenhagen by Gino Segre Thirty Years that Shook Physics by George Gamow Something Deeply Hidden by Sean Carroll The Second Creation by Robert P. Crease Physics for Future Presidents by Richard A. Muller The Quantum Story by Jim Baggott On the Shoulders of Giants by Stephen Hawking 50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker Atom by Isaac Asimov Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality by John Gribbin The Perfect Theory by Pedro G. Ferreira Fear of Physics by Lawrence M. Krauss In Search of Schrodinger's Cat by John Gribbin A Mathematician's Apology by G. H. Hardy Fermat's Enigma by Simon Singh The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard P. Feynman Zero by Charles Seife Cosmos by Carl Sagan