6/19/2023 0 Comments Bruce rosenblum physicsThe other big category of pop-quantum books that I like are those that explain how known physics works. While none of their colorful attempts to explain ESP through quantum phenomena actually pan out, showing why they can't work proved surprisingly fruitful. How the Hippies Saved Physics by David Kaiser is, as the title promises, a highly readable look at the role counterculture and "New Age" thinking played in sparking the renewed interest in quantum foundations that started in the 1980's and has exploded into the modern field of quantum information. This book was particularly interesting in that it details the many false steps and missed opportunities along the way, so it's great for getting the process of science as well as the core physics. I also like this book a lot because it emphasizes the key role of experiments, including things like cosmic ray observations that are often left out of modern presentations.įrank Close's The Infinity Puzzle is a history of the development of the Standard Model, including the development of QED, the unification of the weak and electromagnetic forces and what's now called the Higgs mechanism for giving mass to particles. The Second Creation by Charles Mann and Robert Crease is a more scholarly/journalistic approach to the development of quantum physics, based on extensive interviews with the surviving quantum pioneers and their associates.
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