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Accessible exploration of one of the most exciting areas of scientific inquiry - the nature of light.
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Following on from his bestseller, SCHRODINGER'S CAT, John Gribbin presents the recent dramatic improvements in experimental techniques that have enabled physicists to formulate and test new theories about the nature of light. He describes these theories not in terms of hard-to-imagine entities like spinning subnuclear particles, but in terms of the fate of two small cats, separated at a tender age and carried to opposite ends of the universe. In this way Gribbin introduces the reader to such new developments as quantum cryptography, through which unbreakable codes can be made, and goes on to possible future developments such as the idea that the ¿entanglement' of quantum particles could be a way to build a STAR TREK style teleportation machine.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In Search of Schrodinger's Cat was mind blowing in 1985, now 20 years on much of the theory put forward in Schrodinger's Cat has been proved by experiment. Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality is what science/physics should be, interesting and thought provoking.
John Gribbin doesn't treat the reader as a complete imbecile or as the next Richard Feynman but pitches the book just right with the correct balance of technical details and clear analogies. There's not too many books on quantum theory that you can't put down, but this is without doubt one such book.
John Gribbin doesn't treat the reader as a complete imbecile or as the next Richard Feynman but pitches the book just right with the correct balance of technical details and clear analogies. There's not too many books on quantum theory that you can't put down, but this is without doubt one such book.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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It is very rare to find a science book that is both informative and easy to understand. John Gribbin seems to manage to do just that in this book following on from the In search of Schrodinger's Cats. The ideas are built up in such a way that someone with no knowledge in the subject can access the ideas presented in the book immediately and Gribbin then goes on to develop these ideas in such a way that you are made to think about the implications. The authors own interest in the subject shines in the way that he writes and this adds to the readers discovery of an area of physics that is apparently difficult - John Gribbin should be congratulated for making it appear simple and wanting the reader to find out more. If you are doing A levels physics this is a must have!!
23 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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Being a wildly creative divergent thinker myself I have little confidence in venturing into a territory which appears to be the province of eggheads, anoraks and other folk low down on one's party invitation list. However Schrodinger's Kittens drew me in from page one and for the first time ever I had the weird sensation that I understood this strange world and,having understood it, my world view was changed - forever. Or at least until the next theory comes along. Now I casually raise Quantum Theory at parties, loudly contradicting those who haven't read this wonderful book, and find gorgeous young scientists draping themselves at me,weak with admiration. A funny,intelligent and intelligible read.
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Mind-bending (no kittens were harmed...)
You know it's Christmas when that classic slice of early-eighties schoolboy humour A Hundred and One Uses of a Dead Cat ('we're still flogging it') re-surfaces in W H Smiths. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mark Hurst
An excellent review of quantum physics and reality
This is one of the best books I have read that reviews both classical and quantum physics to explain the nature of physical reality. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2008 by Rama Rao
Quantum reality in a technicolour fog
This book is all over the place. It includes a 'history of light', and entertaining philosophical diversions, but fundamental insights are infrequent. Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2008 by Malcolm Black
About the interpretation of quantum mechanics
This books claims that Transactional's (or Cramer's) interpretation of quantum mechanics has solved all the mysteries of the theory. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2006 by F. Rodriguez Garcia
this book will blow your bind
If you have read in search of schodinger's cat then you have to read this. It takes you further than you might want to go (it gets a bit obscure in places but stick with it) it... Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2005 by Mr. M. S. Taylor
Useful and clear
Amongst the handy doodads in this book are: *) A brief history of Quantum whotsits *) An analysis of all the major contemporary models *) A nifty guide to unbreakable quantum... Read more
Published on 14 May 2000
Bohr was a bully!
John Gribbin's book is the strongest refutation yet of Neils Bohr's Copenhagen interpretation of the quantum world. Read more
Published on 23 May 1998
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