Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality

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Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality is written by Manjit Kumar and published by W. W. Norton & Company. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0393080099 (ISBN 10) and 9780393080094 (ISBN 13).

"A lucid account of quantum theory (and why you should care) combined with a gripping narrative." —San Francisco Chronicle Quantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you weren’t shocked by quantum theory, you didn’t really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this tour de force of science history, Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly written account of this fundamental scientific revolution, focusing on the central conflict between Einstein and Bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of science. This revelatory book takes a close look at the golden age of physics, the brilliant young minds at its core—and how an idea ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth century.