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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 530.12
EAN: 9780060963101
ISBN: 0060963107
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: January 25, 1989
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: January 25, 1989
Sales Rank: 64995
Studio: Harper Perennial
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This book entertainingly traces the history of physics from the observations of the earlyGreeks through the discoveries of Galileo and Newton to the dazzling theories of such scientists as Planck, Einstein, Bohr, and Bohm. This humanized view of science opens up the mind-stretching visions of how quantum mechanics, God, human thought, and will are related, and provides profound implications for our understanding of the nature of reality and our relationship to the cosmos.
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Usually when I read a book, I get something out of it. I was left horribly unfulfilled after attempting to read this book. To begin with, the author uses too many big words and fancy terms. For example: "peregrinations". What "non-scientist" uses that word? And secondly, he may as well explain the material like this example I came up with: An object is red because red is the way it appears. Come on. At the risk of sounding really immature, I hate this book.
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I read Wolf's book some time ago and for a novice, he writes very succinctly. I enjoy Wolf's style and wit along with the drawings so the novice has a visual. The author has appeared in the movie What the Bleep, and I have observed that he has moved a quantum leap in his understanding and he is even more witty. Bettye Johnson, award-winning author, Secrets of the Magdalene Scrolls.
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Despite the fact that i am submiting this review without having read the entire book, it does give you a very clear and comprehensive review of the history, foundations and development in physics leading into quantum physics.
It's worth every cent and I strongly recomend it for anyone who has begun or would like to begin the discovery of this science.
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"In the literal sense, the quantum leap is the tiny but explosive jump that a particle of matter undergoes in moving from one place to another." "In the figurative sense, taking the quantum leap means taking a risk." "The first paradox was that things moved without following a law of mechanical motion."
This is the world of weird. From the early scientific thoughts on the paradoxes of motion and matter, (which eventually led to materialism) to, "what is reality", the wave particle ... Read More
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No this is not Quantum Physics, this is just another book picking little parts of Quantum Physics, removing all the math, removing a lot of the logic, and adding poetic license. Look, if you're interested in Quantum Physics, and REAL science, there are plenty of other books that are much better at explaining real Quantum Physics on a level most people understand. Brian Greene has a couple very good books that do just that, No formuli either. You may have to look up an occasional word, but if your ... Read More
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