"Wow. This was a great book. I want this in my personal library, I think I'll buy my own copy someday. This book was so great, I'm going to write a blog post about it. Yeah!"
Except it was 3:00 a.m. at the time, the computer was already turned off and it's a mother-of-a-monster to turn back on, so I told myself I'd do it after a good night's sleep.
Well, here's the thing guys, it was 3:00 in the morning when I had these thoughts. Now, nearly twelve hours later, I don't really remember all the poetic and profound things I was going to say.
So here's the gist of it:
The book is about Quantum Mechanics. Specifically why it's so hard to understand, what the experiments are telling us, some of the interpretations, and why the "enigma" makes physicists so uncomfortable.
It's put into terms that do not require a technical background, just an above-average dose of intelligence and a general interest in science (when I read that in the introduction I almost jumped out of my seat with my hand raised in the air, "Hey, that's me! That's me exactly! Pick me!!" which would have been awkward since I was in the public library at the time...). I found it to be informative, easy to follow, and incredibly thought provoking.
It was published about 5 years ago, and a lot can happen in the science community in 5 years, so I have to wonder if anything has changed in our general understanding since then. And then I saw online that there is a second edition!
Sweet. I gotta get my hands on that.
Or your virtual hands.
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