Taking The Quantum Leap: The New Physics For Non-Scientists
by Fred Alan Wolf
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This book entertainingly traces the history of physics from the observations of the earlyGreeks through the discoveries of Galileo and Newton to the dazzling theories of such scientists as Planck, Einstein, Bohr, and Bohm. This humanized view of science opens up the mind-stretching visions of how quantum mechanics, God, human thought, and will are related, and provides profound implications for our understanding of the nature of reality and our relationship to the cosmos.Tags
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I think Fred Alan Wolf is fascinating to listen to and watch. I read this book as far as I could until I leapt in over my head. Okay, "Uncle Already!" I'm keeping it on my shelf for a bit until I achieve more understanding. Basically I got out of it that light is both particle and wave, so I can re-start there.
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Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D., is a physicist and winner of the National Book Award for Taking the Quantum Leap
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- Canonical title
- Taking The Quantum Leap: The New Physics For Non-Scientists
- Original publication date
- 1981
- Dedication
- In the fond memory of my father, Maurice Wolf, and my mother, Emma Wolf. Thank you for the gift of life.
- First words
- In January of 1986, a group of around two hundred quantum physicists gathered at the World Trade Center in New York City to spend one week discussing just what this strange quantum business means.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Together these ideas indicate that the future might just be more important than we ever could dream in our classical Newtonian beds.
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