Leon M. Lederman is a Nobel Laureate, Pritzker Professor of Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and the author of the highly acclaimed The God Particle. Christopher Hill is chairman of the Department of Theoretical Physics at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
A sparkling and articulate new account of how the quantum
revolution changed 20th century science - and, as a further
delight, how physics and poetry can speak the same language.--
"Chicago Tribune"
Lederman and Hill have provided a great gift to poets and all other
mortals in search of an accessible yet authoritative guide to the
mysterious and weird world of quantum physics. Your head will still
spin, but your feet will be on solid ground.--Tom Siegfried, Editor
in Chief of Science News
Lederman and Hill, two very-well known physicists, have written in
a prose that speaks to the poet in all of us. A delightful and
illuminating guide through the mysteries of the quantum
world.--Gino Segr�, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University
of Pennsylvania, and author of Faust in Copenhagen: A Struggle for
the Soul of Physics
Niels Bohr famously said that anyone who can think about quantum
mechanics without getting giddy doesn't understand the first thing
about it. This book changes all that. The wit and style with make
you giddy, and you will understand a lot!--Rocky Kolb, Department
of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago
No doubt about it, the quantum world is the weirdest place known to
the human mind. With unexcelled clarity and humor, Leon Lederman
and CHristopher Hill provide the best guide to this bizarre place
I've ever seen.--James Trefil, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of
Physics, Goegre Mason University, and coauthor of Dictionary of
Cultural Literacy
Quantum Physics for Poets is like sitting down to dinner with two
very enthusiastic, amusing, and down-to-earth physicists who can't
wait to tell you about the strange ways of electrons, which are so
puzzling that Einstein, Schr�dinger, and Heisenberg devoted their
lives to sorting out what these strange things do. They tell you
about baseballs knocked out of the park and water waves hitting
boats; they bring up black holes and string theory, an occasional
transistor, and a bit of chemistry... all while scribbling little
pictures on the tablecloth and even (as the title promises)
reciting poetry. Lederman and Hill stay with you all the way
through- and by the time dessert rolls around, quantum cryptography
actually sounds pretty enticing.--Peter Galison, Joseph Pellegrino
University Professor, Harvard University
Two well-known experts on quantum mechanics- Lederman and Hill-
have done a wonderful job in communicating its essence and logical
content to a general audience.--Emmanuel Paschos, Professor of
Physics at Dortmund University, Germany, and author of The Schemata
of the Stars
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