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Clear, direct writing on severak of the more interesting puzzles surfaced by quantum mechanics over the last century. The topics will be familiar to readers of Brian Greene's popular explorations of the same ground, but Lindley's book has the advantage of a tighter focus on QM rather than physics generally.The book explores the ambiguity of what "measurement" really means in a world driven at its core by quantum fuzziness. The Copenhagen interpretation declares by fiat that measurements occur wi...
It's hard to talk about how I feel about this book but I'll summarize:1. I love the title, it's why I bought the book.2. It is an interesting topic written by someone knowledgeable in the fieldBUT 3. It has a horrible layout.4. It is excessively repetitive and alternates between very complex ideas to ludicrously oversimplified "examples" with almost no lead ins. It's enough to give you whiplash. 5. It's very dry. I had to put the book down for a few weeks and come back to it. AND 6. It does not
I came out understanding Bell's theorem, Aspect's experiment and quantum decoherence better. I'm a little confused by Lindley thinking that decoherence solves the measurement problem, while the people who came up with decoherence don't seem to think so. More reading to do.
Is my iPhone still there when I look away? Is a Mamwich both a sandwich and a meal? Was my 4th grade teacher simultaneously a swine and an angel? These aren't exactly the questions this book considers, but they're in keeping with the subject matter: quantum strangeness. Lest anyone say otherwise, the quantum world is a very strange world. And it's no less strange to me for having read this book. But I do have a far deeper understanding of what quantum physics is, why it's so powerful, and how it...
I remembering reading this book at times with my mom, but it originally made me interested in physics.
I was expecting a broad and understandable introduction into quantum mechanics. The book only partly delivers. Throughout, it is an arduous plea for the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. That roughly states that you shouln't be concerned with what nature is really like, and only accept the fact that the calculations fit. It says that nature is inexplicable and you just better live with it.Now that may be right, so I'm partially convinced. What I didn't like about the book is that t...
A very well written, pithy book on the Copenhagen interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. This book is a good example of how to write an informative and witty primer without the extraneous guff that so many modern authors (or more likely their editors) feel the need to burden the reader with. It is perhaps 250 pages long but it seems shorter (in a good way). It is a breeze to read (the writing is clear, concise, engaging and elegant); it presents everything that is applicable and relevant to the su...
