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Title: Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality by John Gribbin ISBN: 0316328197 Publisher: Little Brown & Co (Pap) Pub. Date: May, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.96
Rating: 4
Summary: New twists in the world of the quantum
Comment: I enjoyed "In search of schrodingers cat", so I had to read "In search of Schroedingers kittens" as well. Sure Gribbin has his pet theories, but all in all I think he just tells the story of what is actually mainstream physics. Or more precisely - problems facing mainstream physics. This brings you to the concept of "truth". Actually, the books conveys a picture where the only difference between physicists and novelists is that the physicist thinks that his
story might actually be true. Where a physicist spends his time seeking out physical models of already discovered mathematical structures hoping that they comply with experiment. Reality ? Who knows, seems to be the message. Perhaps thats the truth ? Along the road towards this "clarification" comes a lot of very exciting thought experiments. Where Gribbin twists the standard interpretations just a little to give you a new insight. I particular enjoyed one about special relativity, Where Gribbin twists it one step further than usual and comes up with a logical consequence of the standard Lorentz transformation: How does time flow for a photon? Answer: It doesn't ! According to the standard Lorentz contraction the space interval between two objects does not exist for a photon. And so, from the point of view of the photon, it takes no time to travel this distance. Gribbin remarks that most people are just so stunned by what the equations say that they have not fully thought out the implications. Some understatement !
-Simon
Rating: 4
Summary: It was a good layman's book.
Comment: The book by John Gribbin, "Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality", was a good layman's book. However it does deserve some constructive criticism.
I felt that the book failed to make proper transitions between concepts. Like going from relativity to quantum mechanics. Why did the physics community have such a revolution ?
Also I felt that the quantum mechanics section was less then completely comprehensive, in that it gave a brief description of it. Like I might of expected out of such a short book.
Despite all these things I still think that the book did represent a good book for laymen to better understand the world of physics.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another must-read from Gribbin
Comment: I won't pretend that this book is for everyone. It's not. It helps if you've read the initial book in this series, and it helps a lot if you read about science extensively. You will need a frame of reference, but don't get too comfortable with it, because it will be snatched away from you.
John Gribbin follows "In Search of Schrodinger's Cat" with a book that is even more important. While he points out that no one will ever really understand quantum phisics, I must say that this book at least gives you an understandable look at it.
It's hard to overstate the value of "Schrodinger's Kittens" but if you've read "Cat" then you must read this. If you haven't, well then, go read "Cat," and then get this book.
Gribbin makes quantum physics as clear as it can be made to those who don't know all the math. He makes you wish you did, but you don't really need it. But he also adds an excitement that I never believed possible in a book on physics, or on a topic of this type, including my own.
You won't really understand quantum physics after reading this book (because it's beyond human understanding) but you will surely appreciate it more than you do now. That's as good as can be said about any book in this subject.
I wish I could do as well in my books. Thanks, John.
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Title: In Search of Schrodinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality by John Gribbin ISBN: 0553342533 Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub (Trd Pap) Pub. Date: November, 1985 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Q Is for Quantum : An Encyclopedia of Particle Physics by John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin, Jonathan Gribbin ISBN: 0684863154 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene ISBN: 0375708111 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 29 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Matter Myth: Dramatic Discoveries That Challenge Our Understanding of Physical Reality by John Gribbin, P. C. W. Davies ISBN: 0671728415 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: January, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Ghost in the Atom : A Discussion of the Mysteries of Quantum Physics by P. C. W. Davies, Julian R. Brown ISBN: 0521457289 Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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