In Search of Schrodinger's Cat

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He begins with an explanation on the very basic unit of life - "the atom" and the various evolving attempts by scientists to give an accurate description of the structure of an atom (Including the various experiments leading to the discovery of protons, neutrons and electrons).

According to the Copenhagen model, this would mean that the cat is both alive and dead inside the box until the atom is observed. Secondly this book took me 9 months to finish because at first I tried remembering and understanding every little thing he was sharing. On the one hand this allows us to explore some of the most interesting and deep ideas in quantum mechanics without being weighed down by the baggage of the mathematics required to get us there. Gribbin's book has been cited as an example of how to revive an interest in the study of mathematics. The one drawback of this book is also one of its biggest strengths — its lack of mathematical formalisms.Science is often best understood in this chronological fashion, to allow us to see the different layers of key insights and discoveries that have been added to the basic structure of quantum mechanics over time. Although nearer the end there’s a little sprinkle of cosmology, which was greatly appreciated as well. The first 120 pages boil the pot handsomely by serving historical aspects like the nature of light, the emergence of electrons, radioactivity, the black body problem, and its unconventional solution that dealt the first blow to classical physics, breaking into the world of a Swiss patent clerk with his 4 papers, one of them being photoelectric effect -that was the proto platform of later quantum developments and so on.

From a relatively simple, easy to follow, and well-suited for the layman explanation of the structure of the atom to his absurdly obtuse description of the most important experiment to confirm the predictions of quantum mechanics, he leaves the reader fighting to piece together his point. Overall the narrator does quite a good job - but there are several famous physicist's names that get mispronounced. I won’t spoil this content if, like myself, you’re going on blind with very little pre-knowledge on quantum mechanics.However, I enjoyed this immensely and highly recommend it to anyone looking for a low to no math introduction to quantum mechanics. Hoy, con los años, la manera como las ideas de la teoría cuántica emergieron en el seno de una comunidad de jóvenes creativos y de "viejos" escépticos están entre las cosas que mas me interesan.

Para citar algunos ejemplos, me encanto leer (o volver a leer) sobre las tensiones entre personajes como Mach, Planck y Boltzmann o entre Einstein, Schrödinger, de Broglie y Heisenberg o Bohr.The only negative is that often I'd find myself struggling to comprehend certain analogies as the audiobook format is constrained to text only, as opposed to the paperback version of this book that has quite a few illustrations that help quite a lot.

It's supposed to be for the layman, and it appears fairly basic, but I have some background, so it's hard for me to judge that. An in depth discussion of the birth of quantum physics, where it is now and what it means for the future. I knew I had made a mistake the moment the question left my lips, because the cat's face darkened like thunder. He investigates the atom, radiation, time travel, the birth of the universe, superconductors and life itself.Saber sobre el origen de la mecánica matricial de Heisenberg y la tensión con Max Born, con autores de la misma y que quedaron excluídos del premio Nobel que gano el primero. I think it has become even more relevant in our media savvy days when wars are played and won more on screen than at the actual battles fields.