Through two doors at once
Subtitle: the elegant experiment that captures the enigma of our quantum reality
By: Anil Ananthaswamy
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781101986097
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Quantum theory; Popular works; Wave theory of light; Reality
Description: "It's the story of quantum mechanics told through the lens of the 'double-slit' experiment, showing how light passing through two slits cut into a cardboard sheet first challenged our understanding of light and the nature of reality almost two hundred years ago--and continues to do so"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: The story of nature taunting us; title: The case of the experiment with two holes : Richard Feynman explains the central mystery; title: What does it mean "to be"? : the road to reality, from Copenhagen to Brussels; title: Between reality and perception : doing the double slit, one photon at a time; title: From sacred texts : revelations about spooky action at a distance; title: To erase or not to erase : mountaintop experiments take us to the edge; title: Bohmian rhapsody : obvious ontology evolving the obvious way; title: Gravity kills the quantum cat? : the case for adding spacetime into the mix; title: Healing an ugly scar : the many worlds medicine; title: Epilogue: Ways of looking at the same thing?