| Physical Description |
xii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part one : Spooky. What's going on : Looking at the quantum world -- The courageous formulation : Pure quantum mechanics -- Why would anybody think this? : How quantum mechanics came to be -- What cannot be known, because it does not exist : Uncertainty and complementarity -- Entangled up in blue : Wave functions of many parts -- Part two : Splitting. Splitting the universe : Decoherence and parallel worlds -- Order and randomness : Where probability comes from -- Does this ontological commitment make me look fat? : A Socratic dialogue on quantum puzzles -- Other ways : Alternatives to many-worlds -- The human side : Living and thinking in a quantum universe -- Part three : Spacetime. Why is there space? : Emergence and locality -- A world of vibrations : Quantum field theory -- Breathing in empty space : Finding gravity within quantum mechanics -- Beyond space and time : Holography, black holes, and the limits of locality -- Epilogue : Everything is quantum. |
| Summary |
A Caltech physicist and author of The Big Picture argues in favor of the Many Worlds theory of quantum behavior that argues that there are innumerable multiple worlds with copies of everything and everyone in them. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-335) and index. |
| Subject |
Quantum theory.
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Space and time.
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Quantum field theory.
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Wave functions.
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