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In Search of Schrodinger's Cat

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Although nearer the end there’s a little sprinkle of cosmology, which was greatly appreciated as well. I believe Jhon Gribbin masterfully captures the core of what modern quantum science encompasses as well as the chronology if it's development. John Gribbin takes us step by step into an even more bizarre and fascinating place, requiring only that we approach it with an open mind.

Being somewhat new to these concepts, I'm not sure if I'm meshing too well with the opinions on parallel universes that Gribbin states at the end, and the illustrations are badly placed, only moderately insightful, and actually contradict the text in places. Needless to say, talking cats appearing out of nowhere and speaking in riddles was not usual in my daily routine. In the middle, we are swiftly transported to the gate of quantum riding on Niels Bohr's atomic model (electrons in the joy of getting their hands on photon packets jump around the atom), Pauli's exclusion theory, Louis De Broglie's particle-wave duality (electrons act as set frequency wave on set shells just like ringing strings of a violin) and finally witness, according to sir Arthur Eddington, "The Jabberwocky" of science. He also uses thought experiments to help the reader understand the crucial concepts and interpretations of quantum physics, including of course Schrödinger's cat. The first two parts of the book explore the discussions, and scientific developments as quantum theories began to emerge from classical Newtonian approaches.What happens when the observer is not looking is something that is not explained by the quantum theory (and can only be speculated).

Well at around 16+ i’d say, again previous study of physics at A-level is undeniably required, I say this as someone just entering their final year of sixth form.after extended listening periods, I would lapse into delusions where I was suddenly listening to The Talented Mr. En aquel entonces comenzaba a enamorarme algo de la física y este libro definitivamente hizo parte del proceso. An obvious (and amusing) thing about the narration performance is that the reader sounds exactly, and I mean exactly, like Jude Law. Physics is about probing into the unknown and what we need is imagination, but imagination in a terrible straitjacket. La historia y las discusiones que aborda siguen siendo tan actuales como lo fueron en el momento en el que fue escrito.

Some more experiments later they discover the "photon" and the dual nature (particle and wave nature) of light and particles like electrons. It does this by building the topic from the ground up, starting from the first developments of quantum mechanics, all the way through to the current cutting-edge theories in quantum mechanics. Another theory, the MWI or Many World Interpretation is not big on uncertainty but hurls another outrageous curveball.The only reasonable explanation for this, says Deutsch, is that the superposition actually represents 256 different computers operating in 256 different parallel universes…”the fact that quantum computing works proves that many worlds exist.

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