LEADER 00000cam 2200541 i 4500 001 ocn968771418 003 OCoLC 005 20171018105146.0 008 170406t20172017nyua b 001 0 eng c 010 2017013259 019 968758515 020 9780465097586|q(hardcover) 020 0465097588|q(hardcover) 035 (OCoLC)968771418|z(OCoLC)968758515 037 |bPerseus Books Group, C/O Hachette Book Group USA 53 State st 9th Fl, Boston, MA, USA, 02109|nSAN 200-2205 040 OU/DLC|beng|erda|cOSU|dDLC|dBTCTA|dBDX|dOCLCO|dOCLCF |dOCLCQ|dYDX|dOCO|dIFK|dYDX|dWHP 042 pcc 049 WHPP 050 00 QC174.12|b.H347 2017 082 00 530.12|223 100 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 914 MID.b25350912 994 C0|bWHP
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