Titre:
Through two doors at once : the elegant experiment that captures the enigma of our quantum reality
Auteur:
PUBDATE:
2018
GVPL_PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York, New York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]
©2018
Description matérielle:
x, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN):
9781101986097
Résumé:
It's the story of quantum mechanics told through the lens of the 'double-slit' experiment, showing how light passing through two slits cut into a cardboard sheet first challenged our understanding of light and the nature of reality almost two hundred years ago--and continues to do so.
Table des matières:
Prologue: The story of nature taunting us -- The case of the experiment with two holes : Richard Feynman explains the central mystery -- What does it mean "to be"? : the road to reality, from Copenhagen to Brussels -- Between reality and perception : doing the double slit, one photon at a time -- From sacred texts : revelations about spooky action at a distance -- To erase or not to erase : mountaintop experiments take us to the edge -- Bohmian rhapsody : obvious ontology evolving the obvious way -- Gravity kills the quantum cat? : the case for adding spacetime into the mix -- Healing an ugly scar : the many worlds medicine -- Epilogue: Ways of looking at the same thing?
LANGUAGE:
Anglais
