Who's Afraid of Schrodinger's Cat: All The New Science Ideas You Need To Keep Up With The New Thinking - Couverture souple

Marshall, Ian; Zohar, Danah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0688161073 ISBN 13 : 9780688161071

Editeur : William Morrow Paperbacks, 1998

Synopsis

Who's Afraid of Schreodinger's Cat? Quantum physics, chaos theory, relativity, complexity, fuzzy logic? If you've ever puzzled over the strange concepts of modern science, here are answers. A readable, entertaining voyage into a world beyond the realm of common sense, illuminating such radical ideas as the many-worlds theory, time travel, black holes, and much more. Illustrated throughout. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Quantum theorist Erwin Schrvdinger invented his now-famous cat to illustrate the apparently impossible conundrums associated with quantum physics. The cat lives in an opaque box with a fiendish device that randomly feeds it either food, allowing it to live, or poison, which kills it. But in the quantum world, all possibilities coexist and have a reality of their own, and they ensure that the cat is both alive and dead, simultaneously.

Who's Afraid of Schrvdinger's Cat? is a clear, concise explanation of the new sciences of quantum mechanics, chaos and complexity theory, relativity, new theories of mind, and the new cosmology. It studies worlds beyond the realm of common sense, and the new kinds of thinking that we need to understand ourselves, our minds, and our human place in the larger scheme of things.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Danah Zohar, an American-born physicist and philosopher, teaches at Oxford Brookes University in England and lectures throughout the world. With Ian Marshall, Zohar co-authored the highly-acclaimed The Quantum Self and The Quantum Society.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0688161073
• ISBN 13: 9780688161071
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432