How the Hippies Saved Physics
Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival
Published on 27. June 2011
416 pages
978-0-393-08230-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Meticulously researched and unapologetically romantic, How the Hippies Saved Physics makes the history of science fun again." —Science
In the 1970s, an eccentric group of physicists in Berkeley, California, banded together to explore the wilder side of science. Dubbing themselves the "Fundamental Fysiks Group," they pursued an audacious, speculative approach to physics, studying quantum entanglement in terms of Eastern mysticism and psychic mind reading. As David Kaiser reveals, these unlikely heroes spun modern physics in a new direction, forcing mainstream physicists to pay attention to the strange but exciting underpinnings of quantum theory.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Windows
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46 illustrations
ISBN-13
978-0-393-08230-2 (9780393082302)
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David Kaiser is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he teaches in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society and the Department of Physics. He lives near Boston.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 "Shut Up and Calculate"
- CHAPTER 2 "Spooky Actions at a Distance"
- CHAPTER 3 Entanglements
- CHAPTER 4 From to Psi
- CHAPTER 5 New Patrons, New Forums
- CHAPTER 6 Spreading (and Selling) the Word
- CHAPTER 7 Zen and the Art of Textbook Publishing
- CHAPTER 8 Fringe?!
- CHAPTER 9 From FLASH to Quantum Encryption
- CHAPTER 10 The Roads from Berkeley
- CODA Ideas and Institutions in the Quantum Revival
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Interviews
- Bibliography
- Index
- Praise
- Copyright
