![]() ![]() ![]() Sure, there are valiant attempts to dispel the worst kinds of quantum woo. ![]() You might expect to find a countervailing stream of books by sober-minded physicists and science writers, doggedly explaining that quantum mechanics isn’t really all that inexplicable after all. The existence of these books reflects the widespread conviction that quantum mechanics, however scientists might think about it, is fundamentally profound and deeply mysterious, so it could mean just about anything. I mean, who hasn’t written one? In preparation for writing Something Deeply Hidden, I searched on Amazon for books with titles of the form “Quantum X,” and was rewarded with Quantum Eating, Quantum Touch, Quantum Leadership, and many more. If there’s one thing the world doesn’t need, it’s another book on quantum mechanics. But in the real world, how does it connect to the actual physics we know and (profess to) understand? Actual physicist Sean Carroll knows, and in his new book, Something Deeply Hidden, he delves right into it. I’ve been aware of the “Many Worlds” interpretation of physics for some time - longtime readers of mine know it’s intimately connected with space travel in my “Old Man’s War” series of novels. ![]()
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