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The first popular book to tell the story of the dramatic history of Quantum Theory. Without quantum theory the world we live in would not exist. Yet for sixty years most physicists accepted that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itself. This bizarre state of affairs led the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann to describe quantum theory as 'that mysterious, confusing discipline which none of us really understands but which we know how to use'. And use it we have. Without the quantum none of our computers, televisions or washing machines would work. Quantum theory drives the modern world. But despite the unprecedented success of quantum theory and the widespread fascination with quantum-inspired ideas, the origins of the quantum revolution remain largely unknown. "Quantum" will be the first popular book to tell the story of the dramatic history of quantum theory. In doing so it will show how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth century. "Quantum" is not just the story of an era of scientific creativity unparalleled since the end of the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century. It is as much the story of the complex lives and personalities of the brilliant men behind quantum theory, whose work spanned a rich period of history, ranging from the late nineteenth century to the twentieth century and beyond.
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Praise for 'Prometheus', Manjir Kumar's journal: '"Prometheus" grips, broadens and informs. Try it. You'll find yourself using parts of your mind you'd forgotten you had.' John Carey, Sunday Times '"Prometheus" is a fabulous magazine with a unique and welcome mix of subjects and formats. It is a much needed alternative to many of the current highbrow periodicals, which have become stodgy in style, doctrinaire in opinion, and cliched in topics.' Steven Pinker, author of 'The Language Instinct' and 'How the Mind Works'
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'If you need an improving book for the autumn, with which to impress your friends and family, look no further. Manjit Kumar, who is trained as both a philosopher and a physicist, is eminently qualified to bring off this ambitious attempt to bring the story of the discovery of quantum physics to life for the layperson. He mixes up biography, narrative history and lucid explanation of the science involved to create a highly readable account of one of the most important but impenetrable topics of twentieth century thinking.' 26.org.uk
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- PublisherFourth Estate
- ISBN 10 0007155549
- ISBN 13 9780007155545
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages400
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