What Is Real?
What Is Real?
Adam Becker
Brian Cox
Terrific. - Brian Cox
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What Is Real?

What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics

Adam Becker
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Adam Becker
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In the heart of the quantum enigma, where the very fabric of reality trembles with uncertainty, "What Is Real?" by Adam Becker embarks on a riveting journey through the tumultuous history of quantum mechanics. This spellbinding narrative uncovers the fierce intellectual battles and the daring heretics who dared to challenge the orthodoxy of the physics community. Becker masterfully weaves together the tales of rebels like John Bell, David Bohm, and Hugh Everett, who, against the currents of conventional thought, sought to unravel the profound mysteries underlying our universe. Their quest for truth, often at great personal cost, illuminates the dark corners of scientific dogma and the relentless pursuit of understanding that drives the human spirit. With a storyteller's grace and a scholar's precision, Becker not only questions the foundations of our quantum universe but also explores the very nature of reality itself. "What Is Real?" is not just a history of physics; it is a compelling exploration of the philosophical underpinnings of science and the passionate individuals who refuse to accept easy answers. This book is an essential read for anyone fascinated by the unresolved questions at the intersection of science and philosophy, offering a profound meditation on the meaning of truth in an uncertain world.

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Released
2018
30 Mar
Length
384
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Terrific. - Brian Cox
The stories that science tells about the world filter out into the wider culture, changing the way that we look at the world around us and our place in it. The discovery that the Earth was not at the center of the universe, Darwin’s theory of evolution, the Big Bang and an expanding universe nearly 14 billion years old, containing hundreds of billions of galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars—these ideas have radically altered humanity’s conception of itself.
— Adam Becker, What Is Real?

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