- Hardcover: 269 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition (27 Jun 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312343418
- ISBN-13: 978-0312343415
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 264,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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84 of 86 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an absolutely fascinating book.
I cannot claim to be a scientist, but have always been interested in science. I suspect that I am not alone amongst amateurs in having some pretty muddled ideas and this is certainly so in the case of quantum physics. Without any sense that I was reading a text book, The God Effect helped me a little along the way to understanding some of the weird and wonderful happenings that occur at this miniature level of the physical world.
Brian Clegg never sets out to tell us what the future will look like; he does not pretend to be able to read a crystal ball. Rather, he tells us how one particularly strange phenomenon, quantum entanglement, is already being applied technologically and explores some of the possible future applications. To me, still struggling with the pace of change in the last twenty years, the future looks fantastical. This is a book I will keep just so that I can read it again in a few years time to see how far things have moved on.
I would not say that this book is suitable for everyone. In a few parts of the book, I struggled with concepts that were beyond my level of physics or mathematics (GCSE level). This is good: I was challenged, though never to the extent that I felt either overpowered or ignorant. I suggest that if you want to enjoy and learn from the book you will need a very (and I mean very) rudimentary knowledge of some physics at the atomic level and a real interest in science. I have a shrewd suspicion that those with far more knowledge than the likes of me will get even more out of it.
The book is written in plain English, with a lovely sense of humour and an easy, flowing style. In my experience, this is quite rare amongst science writers. Simple diagrams illustrate various concepts very helpfully. Brief historical anecdotes punctuate the narrative, setting the background for scientific ideas and arguements. All in all, it is well written and a pleasure to read.
I cannot claim to be a scientist, but have always been interested in science. I suspect that I am not alone amongst amateurs in having some pretty muddled ideas and this is certainly so in the case of quantum physics. Without any sense that I was reading a text book, The God Effect helped me a little along the way to understanding some of the weird and wonderful happenings that occur at this miniature level of the physical world.
Brian Clegg never sets out to tell us what the future will look like; he does not pretend to be able to read a crystal ball. Rather, he tells us how one particularly strange phenomenon, quantum entanglement, is already being applied technologically and explores some of the possible future applications. To me, still struggling with the pace of change in the last twenty years, the future looks fantastical. This is a book I will keep just so that I can read it again in a few years time to see how far things have moved on.
I would not say that this book is suitable for everyone. In a few parts of the book, I struggled with concepts that were beyond my level of physics or mathematics (GCSE level). This is good: I was challenged, though never to the extent that I felt either overpowered or ignorant. I suggest that if you want to enjoy and learn from the book you will need a very (and I mean very) rudimentary knowledge of some physics at the atomic level and a real interest in science. I have a shrewd suspicion that those with far more knowledge than the likes of me will get even more out of it.
The book is written in plain English, with a lovely sense of humour and an easy, flowing style. In my experience, this is quite rare amongst science writers. Simple diagrams illustrate various concepts very helpfully. Brief historical anecdotes punctuate the narrative, setting the background for scientific ideas and arguements. All in all, it is well written and a pleasure to read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A good exposition of the entanglement problems. My personal feeling was that I often got tired with it as I am very keen to understand this amazing phenomenon but often found myself into detours. I liked the bit on quantum computers and I understood why a qubic has so much more power than the bit based computers. All in all an interesting cover of the main contributors in this field.
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Very interesting read. Not to be recommended unless you want to be confused - there is no way really you can read this book without being confused at some point. This book doesn't fall into the trap of some other 'popular' science books as it does not spend the first half recapping over things which we already know. The book does go into detail about encryptions and beging to explain how quantum entanglement could be used to crack this. The idea of why quantum computers could be so good was explained to some extend but the quibit an quibbles started to confuse again.
Overall a challenging book to read .... but sometimes that is needed to make you think about how little we really know and understand most things at the most basic level. I have recommended this book to my most able A level students to help prepare for university.
Overall a challenging book to read .... but sometimes that is needed to make you think about how little we really know and understand most things at the most basic level. I have recommended this book to my most able A level students to help prepare for university.
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Very informative
I loved this book although it is now a bit outdated because quantum physics is a field where new discoveries are made almost every day. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Rui
Silly and pointless....
The author uses an old trick. Write a decent introductory chapter and follow with pages of filler. The title is a misnomer, obviously. Read more
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