量子糾纏、頻率、共振、時間旅行「拿掉數學，物理就變成純粹的魔法⋯⋯」科學與宗教、靈性的超級碰撞！沒有數學公式 寫給文科生的量子物理入門榮獲美國國家圖書獎（科學類）！紐約時報暢銷No.1作者蓋瑞・祖卡夫開啟新時代量子力學與宗教結合先驅拓展你的思維邊界進入奇異又迷幻的量子物理世界「這是令人超級興奮的智性之旅，只有《禪與摩托車維修的藝術》可以媲美。」——《紐約時報》書評一次偶然的參訪美國柏克萊菁英物理實驗室，讓文科出身的祖卡夫與專業物理學家產生一場超級心靈碰撞！他發現物理學家用一般人覺得艱澀的數學語言來描述這個世界，但其中的概念卻相當奧妙又迷人，尤其是量子物理描繪的微觀世界，顛覆我們慣常以為的眼見為實的世界觀，於是他決定用一般人也能理解的語言，傳達關於量子糾纏、頻率、多維時空、無限平行時空等等概念，帶領讀者進入大師們如愛因斯坦、海森堡、薛丁格等人的理論，回顧量子力學誕生的心智衝撞。祖卡夫的描述引人入勝，不僅說明量子物理種種乍見難以想像的概念，也帶入他對東方宗教、形上學與科學的巧妙結合。在西方傳統中，科學強調心智，宗教強調心靈，但兩者難道只能是沒有交集的平行線？還是這其實是這個世界的不同面向呢？我們的意識又如何能與宇宙相連，創造自己想要的現實？結合先進理論的有趣討論，也得到美國國家圖書獎的肯定。《物理之舞》的出版也開啟新時代對量子物理的廣泛運用，無論是想了解量子物理卻對數學苦手的文科生，或是想了解「思想創造實相」的新時代讀者，都能得到意想不到的收穫。這是一趟充滿深刻思索、洞察生命與宇宙奧秘的旅程，歡迎隨時加入！【重量推薦】《原生家庭木馬快篩》作者｜李欣頻台大名譽教授｜李嗣涔光中心創辦人｜周介偉「一本充滿思想性的書籍，提供了引人入勝的探索現代物理學的方式。」——知名天文學家、科普作家卡爾‧沙根（Carl Sagan）「提供了一個令人興奮的、令人振奮的途徑，通過那些看似深奧的物理學概念，引領讀者進入科學和思想的新領域。」——知名古生物學家古爾德（Stephen J. Gould）「祖卡夫娓娓道來，技巧嫻熟，並且風格親切。很難想像一個行外人會覺得這本書不好玩，沒有知識性。」——《科學美國人》雜誌
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This Oxford Handbook provides an overview of many of the topics that currently engage philosophers of physics. It surveys new issues and the problems that have become a focus of attention in recent ye
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A pioneering treatise presenting how the new mathematical techniques of holographic duality unify seemingly unrelated fields of physics. This innovative development morphs quantum field theory, general relativity and the renormalisation group into a single computational framework and this book is the first to bring together a wide range of research in this rapidly developing field. Set within the context of condensed matter physics and using boxes highlighting the specific techniques required, it examines the holographic description of thermal properties of matter, Fermi liquids and superconductors, and hitherto unknown forms of macroscopically entangled quantum matter in terms of general relativity, stars and black holes. Showing that holographic duality can succeed where classic mathematical approaches fail, this text provides a thorough overview of this major breakthrough at the heart of modern physics. The inclusion of extensive introductory material using non-technical language an
Completely revised, updated, and enlarged with much new and additional material, the second edition of this ready reference provides an up-to-date overview of this hot topic.
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Over the past thirty years Paul Feyerabend has developed an extremely distinctive and influentical approach to problems in the philosophy of science. The most important and seminal of his published essays are collected here in two volumes, with new introductions to provide an overview and historical perspective on the discussions of each part. Volume 1 presents papers on the interpretation of scientific theories, together with papers applying the views developed to particular problems in philosophy and physics. The essays in volume 2 examine the origin and history of an abstract rationalism, as well as its consequences for the philosophy of science and methods of scientific research. Professor Feyerabend argues with great force and imagination for a comprehensive and opportunistic pluralism. In doing so he draws on extensive knowledge of scientific history and practice, and he is alert always to the wider philosophical, practical and political implications of conflicting views. These t
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This 1993 volume is a lucid and accurate history of the technical research that led to the first atomic bombs. The authors explore how the 'critical assembly' of scientists, engineers and military personnel at Los Alamos, responding to wartime deadlines, collaborated to create a new approach to large-scale research. The book opens with an introduction laying out major themes. After a synopsis of the prehistory of the bomb project, from the discovery of nuclear fission to the start of the Manhattan Engineer District, and an overview of the early materials programme, the book examines the establishment of the Los Alamos Laboratory, the implosion and gun assembly programmes, nuclear physics research, chemistry and metallurgy, explosives, uranium and plutonium development, confirmation of spontaneous fission in pile-produced plutonium, the thermonuclear bomb, critical assemblies, the Trinity test, and delivery of the combat weapons. Readers interested in history of science will find this v
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