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Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)

Author : Lawrence M. Krauss
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 0393080544

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Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries) by Lawrence M. Krauss Pdf

"A worthy addition to the Feynman shelf and a welcome follow-up to the standard-bearer, James Gleick's Genius." —Kirkus Reviews Perhaps the greatest physicist of the second half of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman changed the way we think about quantum mechanics, the most perplexing of all physical theories. Here Lawrence M. Krauss, himself a theoretical physicist and a best-selling author, offers a unique scientific biography: a rollicking narrative coupled with clear and novel expositions of science at the limits. From the death of Feynman’s childhood sweetheart during the Manhattan Project to his reluctant rise as a scientific icon, we see Feynman’s life through his science, providing a new understanding of the legacy of a man who has fascinated millions.

Quantum Anthropology

Author : Radek Trnka,Radmila Lorencova
Publisher : Charles University Karolinum Press: Prague
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788024635262

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Quantum Anthropology by Radek Trnka,Radmila Lorencova Pdf

The book offers a fresh look on man, cultures, and societies built on the current advances in the fields of quantum mechanics, quantum philosophy, and quantum consciousness. The authors have developed an inspiring theoretical framework transcending the boundaries of particular disciplines in social sciences and the humanities. Quantum anthropology is a perspective, studying man, culture, and humanity while taking into account the quantum nature of our reality. This framework redefines current anthropological theory in a new light, and provides an interdisciplinary overlap reaching to psychology, sociology, and consciousness studies. Contents 1. Introduction: Why Quantum Anthropology? 2. Empirical and Nonempirical Reality 3. Appearance, Frames, Intra-Acting Agencies, and Observer Effect 4. Emergence of Man and Culture 5. Fields, Groups, Cultures, and Social Complexity 6. Man as Embodiment 7. Collective Consciousness and Collective Unconscious in Anthropology 8. Life Trajectories of Man, Cultures and Societies 9. Death and Final Collapses of Cultures and Societies 10. Language, Collapse of Wave Function, and Deconstruction 11. Myth and Entanglement 12. Ritual, Observer Effect, and Collective Consciousness 13. Conclusions and Future Directions

The Strangest Man

Author : Graham Farmelo
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780571250073

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The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo Pdf

'A monumental achievement - one of the great scientific biographies.' Michael Frayn The Strangest Man is the Costa Biography Award-winning account of Paul Dirac, the famous physicist sometimes called the British Einstein. He was one of the leading pioneers of the greatest revolution in twentieth-century science: quantum mechanics. The youngest theoretician ever to win the Nobel Prize for Physics, he was also pathologically reticent, strangely literal-minded and legendarily unable to communicate or empathize. Through his greatest period of productivity, his postcards home contained only remarks about the weather.Based on a previously undiscovered archive of family papers, Graham Farmelo celebrates Dirac's massive scientific achievement while drawing a compassionate portrait of his life and work. Farmelo shows a man who, while hopelessly socially inept, could manage to love and sustain close friendship.The Strangest Man is an extraordinary and moving human story, as well as a study of one of the most exciting times in scientific history. 'A wonderful book . . . Moving, sometimes comic, sometimes infinitely sad, and goes to the roots of what we mean by truth in science.' Lord Waldegrave, Daily Telegraph

A Quantum Life

Author : Hakeem Oluseyi,Joshua Horwitz
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781984819093

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A Quantum Life by Hakeem Oluseyi,Joshua Horwitz Pdf

Prologue -- Ghetto child -- Coming of age in Mississippi -- Historically Black in college -- Stanford starman -- Epilogue.

Quantum Woman - Celestial Man

Author : Kamelia Sojlevska
Publisher : a-argus books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780982305041

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Quantum Woman - Celestial Man by Kamelia Sojlevska Pdf

Discovering the fourth dimension, third eye and higher awareness through love and sexuality becomes a possibility of every human being. The story plot imagines consciousness as a kind of place, largely based on a view of certain scientific and sociological principles.

What Is Real?

Author : Adam Becker
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780465096060

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What Is Real? by Adam Becker Pdf

"A thorough, illuminating exploration of the most consequential controversy raging in modern science." --New York Times Book Review An Editor's Choice, New York Times Book Review Longlisted for PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing Longlisted for Goodreads Choice Award Every physicist agrees quantum mechanics is among humanity's finest scientific achievements. But ask what it means, and the result will be a brawl. For a century, most physicists have followed Niels Bohr's solipsistic and poorly reasoned Copenhagen interpretation. Indeed, questioning it has long meant professional ruin, yet some daring physicists, such as John Bell, David Bohm, and Hugh Everett, persisted in seeking the true meaning of quantum mechanics. What Is Real? is the gripping story of this battle of ideas and the courageous scientists who dared to stand up for truth. "An excellent, accessible account." --Wall Street Journal "Splendid. . . . Deeply detailed research, accompanied by charming anecdotes about the scientists." --Washington Post

Helgoland

Author : Carlo Rovelli
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780593328903

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Named a Best Book of 2021 by the Financial Times and a Best Science Book of 2021 by The Guardian “Rovelli is a genius and an amazing communicator… This is the place where science comes to life.” ―Neil Gaiman “One of the warmest, most elegant and most lucid interpreters to the laity of the dazzling enigmas of his discipline...[a] momentous book” ―John Banville, The Wall Street Journal A startling new look at quantum theory, from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, and Anaximander. One of the world's most renowned theoretical physicists, Carlo Rovelli has entranced millions of readers with his singular perspective on the cosmos. In Helgoland, he examines the enduring enigma of quantum theory. The quantum world Rovelli describes is as beautiful as it is unnerving. Helgoland is a treeless island in the North Sea where the twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg made the crucial breakthrough for the creation of quantum mechanics, setting off a century of scientific revolution. Full of alarming ideas (ghost waves, distant objects that seem to be magically connected, cats that appear both dead and alive), quantum physics has led to countless discoveries and technological advancements. Today our understanding of the world is based on this theory, yet it is still profoundly mysterious. As scientists and philosophers continue to fiercely debate the meaning of the theory, Rovelli argues that its most unsettling contradictions can be explained by seeing the world as fundamentally made of relationships rather than substances. We and everything around us exist only in our interactions with one another. This bold idea suggests new directions for thinking about the structure of reality and even the nature of consciousness. Rovelli makes learning about quantum mechanics an almost psychedelic experience. Shifting our perspective once again, he takes us on a riveting journey through the universe so we can better comprehend our place in it.

Quantum Man

Author : Lawrence M Krauss
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393064711

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Quantum Man by Lawrence M Krauss Pdf

A gripping new scientific biography of the revered Nobel Prize–winning physicist (and curious character). Perhaps the greatest physicist of the second half of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman changed the way we think about quantum mechanics, the most perplexing of all physical theories. Here Lawrence M. Krauss, himself a theoretical physicist and best-selling author, offers a unique scientific biography: a rollicking narrative coupled with clear and novel expositions of science at the limits. An immensely colorful persona in and out of the office, Feynman revolutionized our understanding of nature amid a turbulent life. Krauss presents that life—from the death of Feynman’s childhood sweetheart during the Manhattan Project to his reluctant rise as a scientific icon—as seen through the science, providing a new understanding of the legacy of a man who has fascinated millions. An accessible reflection on the issues that drive physics today, Quantum Man captures the story of a man who was willing to break all the rules to tame a theory that broke all the rules.

Quantum Measurement and Control

Author : Howard M. Wiseman,Gerard J. Milburn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780521804424

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Quantum Measurement and Control by Howard M. Wiseman,Gerard J. Milburn Pdf

Modern quantum measurement for graduate students and researchers in quantum information, quantum metrology, quantum control and related fields.

Einstein and the Quantum

Author : A. Douglas Stone
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691168562

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Einstein and the Quantum by A. Douglas Stone Pdf

The untold story of Albert Einstein's role as the father of quantum theory Einstein and the Quantum reveals for the first time the full significance of Albert Einstein's contributions to quantum theory. Einstein famously rejected quantum mechanics, observing that God does not play dice. But, in fact, he thought more about the nature of atoms, molecules, and the emission and absorption of light—the core of what we now know as quantum theory—than he did about relativity. A compelling blend of physics, biography, and the history of science, Einstein and the Quantum shares the untold story of how Einstein—not Max Planck or Niels Bohr—was the driving force behind early quantum theory. It paints a vivid portrait of the iconic physicist as he grappled with the apparently contradictory nature of the atomic world, in which its invisible constituents defy the categories of classical physics, behaving simultaneously as both particle and wave. And it demonstrates how Einstein's later work on the emission and absorption of light, and on atomic gases, led directly to Erwin Schrödinger's breakthrough to the modern form of quantum mechanics. The book sheds light on why Einstein ultimately renounced his own brilliant work on quantum theory, due to his deep belief in science as something objective and eternal.

A Universe from Nothing

Author : Lawrence M. Krauss
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781451624472

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Bestselling author and acclaimed physicist Lawrence Krauss offers a paradigm-shifting view of how everything that exists came to be in the first place. “Where did the universe come from? What was there before it? What will the future bring? And finally, why is there something rather than nothing?” One of the few prominent scientists today to have crossed the chasm between science and popular culture, Krauss describes the staggeringly beautiful experimental observations and mind-bending new theories that demonstrate not only can something arise from nothing, something will always arise from nothing. With a new preface about the significance of the discovery of the Higgs particle, A Universe from Nothing uses Krauss’s characteristic wry humor and wonderfully clear explanations to take us back to the beginning of the beginning, presenting the most recent evidence for how our universe evolved—and the implications for how it’s going to end. Provocative, challenging, and delightfully readable, this is a game-changing look at the most basic underpinning of existence and a powerful antidote to outmoded philosophical, religious, and scientific thinking.

Quantum Mind and Social Science

Author : Alexander Wendt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781107082540

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Quantum Mind and Social Science by Alexander Wendt Pdf

A unique contribution to the understanding of social science, showing the implications of quantum physics for the nature of human society.

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

Author : Richard P. Feynman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393355680

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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman Pdf

One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that "buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist" (Science Digest). Richard P. Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. In this lively work that “can shatter the stereotype of the stuffy scientist” (Detroit Free Press), Feynman recounts his experiences trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets—and much more of an eyebrow-raising nature. In his stories, Feynman’s life shines through in all its eccentric glory—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah. Included for this edition is a new introduction by Bill Gates.

QED and the Men Who Made It

Author : S. S. Schweber
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691213286

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QED and the Men Who Made It by S. S. Schweber Pdf

In the 1930s, physics was in a crisis. There appeared to be no way to reconcile the new theory of quantum mechanics with Einstein's theory of relativity. Several approaches had been tried and had failed. In the post-World War II period, four eminent physicists rose to the challenge and developed a calculable version of quantum electrodynamics (QED), probably the most successful theory in physics. This formulation of QED was pioneered by Freeman Dyson, Richard Feynman, Julian Schwinger, and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, three of whom won the Nobel Prize for their work. In this book, physicist and historian Silvan Schweber tells the story of these four physicists, blending discussions of their scientific work with fascinating biographical sketches. Setting the achievements of these four men in context, Schweber begins with an account of the early work done by physicists such as Dirac and Jordan, and describes the gathering of eminent theorists at Shelter Island in 1947, the meeting that heralded the new era of QED. The rest of his narrative comprises individual biographies of the four physicists, discussions of their major contributions, and the story of the scientific community in which they worked. Throughout, Schweber draws on his technical expertise to offer a lively and lucid explanation of how this theory was finally established as the appropriate way to describe the atomic and subatomic realms.

The Dilemmas of an Upright Man

Author : J. L. Heilbron
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674238046

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The Dilemmas of an Upright Man by J. L. Heilbron Pdf

In this moving and eloquent portrait, Heilbron describes how the founder of quantum theory rose to the pinnacle of German science. He shows how Planck suffered morally and intellectually as his lifelong habit of service to his country and to physics was confronted by the realities of World War I and the brutalities of the Third Reich.