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Author Ananthaswamy, Anil, author.

Title Through two doors at once : the elegant experiment that captures the enigma of our quantum reality / Anil Ananthaswamy.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]
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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  530.12 ANANTHASWAMY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  530.122 ANANTHASWAMY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  530.12 ANA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  530.12 ANANTHASWAMY    Check Shelf
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Description x, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index.
Contents Prologue: The story of nature taunting us -- The case of the experiment with two holes : Richard Feynman explains the central mystery -- What does it mean "to be"? : the road to reality, from Copenhagen to Brussels -- Between reality and perception : doing the double slit, one photon at a time -- From sacred texts : revelations about spooky action at a distance -- To erase or not to erase : mountaintop experiments take us to the edge -- Bohmian rhapsody : obvious ontology evolving the obvious way -- Gravity kills the quantum cat? : the case for bringing spacetime into the mix -- Healing an ugly scar : the many worlds medicine -- Epilogue: Ways of looking at the same thing?
Summary "It's the story of quantum mechanics told through the lens of the 'double-slit' experiment, showing how light passing through two slits cut into a cardboard sheet first challenged our understanding of light and the nature of reality almost two hundred years ago--and continues to do so"-- Provided by publisher.
Many of science's greatest minds have grappled with the simple yet elusive "double-slit" experiment that Thomas Young devised in the early 1800s to show that light behaves like a wave. Decade after decade, hypothesis after hypothesis, scientists have returned to this experiment to help them answer deeper and deeper questions about the fabric of the universe. Ananthaswamy travels around the world and through history, to examine quantum mechanics from the perspective of this experiment and its variations. -- adapted from jacket
Subject Quantum theory -- Popular works.
Wave theory of light -- Popular works.
Reality -- Popular works.
Quantum theory. (OCoLC)fst01085128
Reality. (OCoLC)fst01091244
Wave theory of light. (OCoLC)fst01735628
SCIENCE / History.
SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light.
SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory.
Genre/Form Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
ISBN 9781101986097 (hardcover)
1101986093 (hardcover)
9781101986110 (ebook)
1101986115 (ebook)
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