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I know the science is controversial and why. I have a firm belief in God, but I really don't care if someone is Jewish, Christian, Muslim or otherwise. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. This is my second Acxel book, and I am a fan.The book provides a nice walk through the history of Entanglement and Quantum theory. But why do I need to know the religion of every person. Now that I've finished the book, I still don't know. But I do understand that the reason I don't have a nice, clear picture is that it does not yet exist.
That is good, as such people deserve credit. I have some simple idea of how to proceed, so I'm happy with the book.The book provides a lot of background on the people who were involved with the creation of the science.
However, it is by no means an easy read.I picked up this book with a single question in mind: "What is Entanglement.". I feel much more familiar and comfortable with the term, but know that there is much more to learn.
I am a layman with a deep interest in Physics, and have read many "popular" science books. And I do understand what is meant by "entanglement".
I find that their views and biases are much more useful, which was only lightly covered. Most of it is understandable to the layman, which probably means that a physics professional would find it overly simple.
I don't know what state entanglement is, or what causes it.
Also, well written and a good read. This is a terrific popular exposition on a difficult subject.
I feel completely comfortable in recommending this book to a non-nerd. So obviously, I'm biased by my enthusasiam in the subject and of course, I highly recommend it.(I really liked the mini-quantum history lesson too. 'Entanglement' by Amir D. The phenomena of entangled particles has always fascinated me and I happened to stumbled upon this book right as my curiosity in this subject was peaking. With QM it's always nice to hear the progression of experiments that have led us to believe what we do). Aczel is a very interesting read, I highly recommend it to anyone interested in Physics (more specifically, in the subject of quantum philosophy). The author is quite successful in explaining this very complicated subject in such a manner that it does not limit his audience to just physics-savvy folks.
The inevitable conclusion is that human consciousness arises from the entanglements among the myriad electrochemical processes of the brain and evolves to ever greater complexity as new experiences are integrated into the sense of self. Order out of chaos can occur this way. Aczel gives a fascinating account of the discovery of how two or more quantum particles may be intimately connected over enormous distances. This nonlocal nature of the quantum world proves the validity of quantum theory and demonstrates how the cohesivenes and complexity of the natural world can build up from microscopic particles.
About 150 pages out of 284 could easily be removed without disturbing much the physical descriptions. The author goes at length on biographical details of some physicists (e.g., Schrödinger) but without much content to the subject at hand, entanglement. It takes a while before the very subject of the book kicks in. At first the book appears entertaining -- but since its title specifically deals with one concept of quantum mechanics, I expected a thorough presentation of it. Although the biographical details of all the physicists make it an entertaining book -- but for precise physical details you will probably need another book while you read that one. For example, I cannot see how can someone get any idea of what the Schrödinger's equation is all about by reading the author's description. After a couple of hours reading it, I realized that there was not much precision in the description of almost all physical concepts. When the author switch the "Schrödinger' cat" for Wheeler's cat I thought mainly of it as a joke -- but the author was probably serious; and I think he misunderstood the whole idea of "Schrödinger' cat".
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