Portals to a new reality : five experiments to unlock the future of physics
Vedral, Vlatko2025
Book
For the last century, physics has been treading along the paths set by the same two theories - quantum theory and general relativity - and, let's face it, it's getting pretty boring. Most scientists are simply chasing decimal points in laboratories, unable to explore the theories at large scales, where serious discrepancies could emerge. The situation is a lot like the one physics was in in 1890, right before Planck, Einstein, and Bohr blew the roof off Newtonian physics. As Vlatko Vedral argues in Portals to a New Reality, that means we are on the brink of a revolution. Vedral shows how quantum information theory has opened radically new avenues for experiments that could upend physics. They can sound very strange - one essentially involves entangling a human with Schrödinger's cat - but they lay bare elements of our theories that are particularly problematic, such as the widespread belief that nothing truly exists unless it is observed.
Main title:
Author:
Vedral, Vlatko, author
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2025.©2025
Collation:
292 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241803059 (hardback)
Dewey class:
530.12
Language:
English
BRN:
492724