Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9781848310292
ISBN: 1848310293
Label: Icon Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Icon Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: October 02, 2008
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Sales Rank: 1296
Studio: Icon Books Ltd

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Rating: - Excellent, engaging and fascinating
Quantum is the unfinished story of the development of quantum mechanics. Unfinished? Yes, because the question which lies at the centre of the book is not yet resolved.

The story starts in late Victorian times when classic physics seems close to completion, to being able to explain the world fully. There seem to be just a few loose ends to be tied up. However, it is those few loose ends inside the atom, explaining the nature of the electron, being able to account for light behaving ... Read More

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Rating: - The entanglement of classical and quantum realities
The great Einstein-Bohr debate about physical reality is interesting not only to physicists, but also to great many readers interested in understanding the nature. This discussion between Bohr and Einstein over the interpretation of quantum theory began in 1927 at the fifth Solvay Conference. The debate over the ability of quantum theory to describe nature was fueled by many leading physicists of the time, some of whom directly contributed to the development of quantum physics, but later found themselves ... Read More

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Rating: - Bringing quantum theory to life
This is a quite marvellous book. There must be loads of people, like me, that are daunted by the complexity of quantum theory, and yet feel like it's something they ought to try and get their heads round.

There have been no end of books that have given a tantalising snapshot of what it means for the layman, but never so comprehensively done. Manjit Kumar does a great job of weaving together the science, the history and the human drama of it all, to create a book that, by the standards of most ... Read More

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Rating: - The personal touch
I really enjoyed reading this book!
Excellent, interesting, story and subject.

I thought Kumar put it across in a very entertaining way, I did not get all of the minutia of the physics but that did not matter, I especially
enjoyed the suspense and his sense of humour. I also enjoyed the way
the story wove characters and events together, all the way through I was kept interested, he knows how to tell a story.
I got alot out of the information in the book; it filled in gaps ... Read More

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Rating: - Bookbag.co.uk
Quantum is a fascinating, powerful and brilliantly written book that shows one of the most important theories of modern science in the making and discusses its implications for our ideas about the fundamental nature of the world and human knowledge, while presenting intimate and insightful portraits of people who made the science. Highly recommended.

Magda Healey writing for the Bookbag.co.uk

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