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by Lukas Neumeier, James Douglas and Jun Matsuura, 175 pages, published Apr 3, 2019
Amazon's Description:
Bob, a spiritual hippie, meets the witty nerd Alice, who day-dreams about quantum physics all day long. This chance meeting starts them on a mind-blowing journey into the nature of reality that will change their lives forever.
Written by quantum physicists and beautifully illustrated, Quantum Physics for Hippies takes the bizarre world of quantum physics and makes it understandable for everyone, hippies and nerds alike.Why this book?
Nerds are obsessed with making a map of reality of the physical world. Hippies, on the other hand, are more interested in improving the maps of reality they have about themselves. While nerds read books about physics, cosmology and computer science, hippies attend meditation retreats and emotional healing workshops. Even though these things happen in different realms, in the end, each hippie and each nerd is simply looking for truth. This search unites us all. We all want to improve our maps of reality, regardless of social conventions.
How can quantum physics, a strange theory that describes the behavior of atoms and light, help us in this search? It helps exactly by telling us that the rules underpinning every aspect of reality are not those we expect. It not only reveals severe mistakes in the way we perceive the physical world, but it also questions fundamental beliefs we have about ourselves. How can that be? Well, in the end,
humans are made of atoms too. In this way, quantum physics is as interesting for hippies as it is for nerds.Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation about what quantum physics is, and what it means for us. The wonderful world of quantum vibrations and entanglement are often misused to justify the impossible, obscuring rather than revealing the truth. This is normally simply due to misunderstandings of what is a very difficult subject. In this book, we give a taste of what we think the magic of quantum physics is really all about, and show that reality is far more mind-bending than any fantasy.
The first part of this book focuses on the map of reality of the physical world. We cover the dance of possibilities, Schrödinger’s cat, quantum entanglement, the Schrödinger equation and the influence of gossip. Then we transition to the map of reality about ourselves. We talk about the possibility wave of the universe, parallel universes, consciousness, the feeling of identity and the question of who or what we really are.
This leads to a surprise that will shake your sense of reality completely.We hope you enjoy the journey down the rabbit hole of quantum reality as much as we do.
Don't worry, instead of dry textbook explanations, we provide insightful metaphors and beautiful illustrations to help you understand the crucial and important concepts without effort.
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