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For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, unfathomable science. And for many years, it was equally enigmatic to the scientists themselves. In this masterfully written book, Manjit Kumar presents the historical account of this pivotal scientific revolution, as well as the controversy that developed at its core and divided its protagonists.
Quantum theory examines the fundamental building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it would not exist. However, for 60 years, most physicists believed that quantum theory denies the existence of reality itself. In Quantum, Manjit Kumar shows how the golden age of physics sparked the greatest intellectual conflict of the twentieth century.
In 1905, Albert Einstein proposed the idea that light is not a wave but a particle, disregarding a century of experiments. Quantum theory is bizarre. The principle of Werner Heisenberg's uncertainty and Erwin Schrödinger's famous dead-and-alive cat are equally strange. And as Niels Bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand it. While Quantum places science in the broader context of the great upheavals of the modern era, it also focuses on the conflict between Einstein and Bohr regarding the nature of reality and the soul of science.
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