What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
About this audiobook
The untold story of the heretical thinkers who dared to question the nature of our quantum universe
Every physicist agrees quantum mechanics is among humanity’s finest scientific achievements. But ask what it means, and the result will be a brawl. For a century, most physicists have followed Niels Bohr’s Copenhagen interpretation and dismissed questions about the reality underlying quantum physics as meaningless. A mishmash of solipsism and poor reasoning, Copenhagen endured, as Bohr’s students vigorously protected his legacy and the physics community favored practical experiments over philosophical arguments. As a result, questioning the status quo long meant professional ruin. And yet, from the 1920s to today, physicists like John Bell, David Bohm, and Hugh Everett persisted in seeking the true meaning of quantum mechanics.
What Is Real? is the gripping story of this battle of ideas and the courageous scientists who dared to stand up for truth.
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About the author
Adam Becker is a science writer with a PhD in astrophysics. He has written for the BBC and New Scientist and is a visiting scholar at University of California–Berkeley’s Office for History of Science and Technology.
Born in one far-flung corner of the U.S., near Portland, (no, the other Portland), Greg Tremblay has worked in diverse fields, including paramedicine, blacksmithing, acting, SCUBA, and even a few practical jobs. Trained in vocal and stage performance, Greg brings a passion for educational nonfiction and character-intensive fiction stories to his audiobook work. Critically recognized and listener-beloved, Greg's work has been praised by AudioFile magazine and numerous blogs, and is the recipient of a 2016 GoodReads Reader's Choice award for best narrator in m/m romance. He lives in the FingerLakes region of New York with his family, and a slowly rotating menagerie of animals.
