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037    |bPerseus Books Group, C/O Hachette Book Group USA 53 
       State st 9th Fl, Boston, MA, USA, 02109|nSAN 200-2205 
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100 1  Halpern, Paul,|d1961-|eauthor. 
245 14 The quantum labyrinth :|bhow Richard Feynman and John 
       Wheeler revolutionized time and reality /|cPaul Halpern, 
       PhD. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBasic Books,|c2017. 
264  4 |c©2017 
300    ix, 311 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-289) and 
       index. 
505 0  Introduction: A revolution in time -- Wheeler's watch -- 
       The only particle in the universe -- All the roads not to 
       paradise -- The hidden paths of ghosts -- The island and 
       the mountains: mapping the particle landscape -- Life as 
       an amoeba in the foamy sea of possibilities -- Time's 
       arrow and the mysterious Mr. X -- Minds, machines, and the
       cosmos -- Conclusion: The way of the labyrinth -- Epilogue
       : Encounters with Wheeler. 
520    "In Fall 1939, Richard Feynman, a brash and brilliant 
       recent graduate of MIT, arrived in John Wheeler's 
       Princeton office to report for duty as his teaching 
       assistant. The prim and proper Wheeler timed their 
       interaction with a watch placed on the table. Feynman 
       caught on, and for the next meeting brought his own cheap 
       watch, set it on the table next to Wheeler's, and also 
       began timing the chat. The two had a hearty laugh and a 
       lifelong friendship was born. At first glance, they would 
       seem an unlikely pair. Feynman was rough on the exterior, 
       spoke in a working class Queens accent, and loved playing 
       bongo drums, picking up hitchhikers, and exploring out-of-
       the way places. Wheeler was a family man, spoke softly and
       politely, dressed in suits, and had the manners of a 
       minister. Yet intellectually, their roles were reversed. 
       Wheeler was a raging nonconformist, full of wild ideas 
       about space, time, and the universe. Feynman was very 
       cautious in his research, wanting to prove and confirm 
       everything himself. Yet when Feynman saw merit in one of 
       Wheeler's crazy ideas and found that it matched 
       experimental data, their joint efforts paid off 
       phenomenally"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Feynman, Richard P.|q(Richard Phillips),|d1918-1988. 
600 10 Wheeler, John Archibald,|d1911-2008. 
600 17 Feynman, Richard P.|q(Richard Phillips),|d1918-1988.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst01753634 
600 17 Wheeler, John Archibald,|d1911-2008.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst01721619 
650  0 Quantum theory. 
650  0 Time. 
650  0 Space and time. 
650  0 Reality. 
650  7 Quantum theory.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01085128 
650  7 Reality.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01091244 
650  7 Space and time.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01127622 
650  7 Time.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01151043 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aHalpern, Paul, 1961-|tQuantum 
       labyrinth.|dNew York : Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus 
       Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 
       [2017]|z9780465097593|w(DLC) 2017017848 
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