Synchronicity
The Epic Quest to Understand the Quantum Nature of Cause and Effect
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From Aristotle's Physics to quantum teleportation, learn about the scientific pursuit of instantaneous connections in this insightful examination of our world.
For millennia, scientists have puzzled over a simple question: Does the universe have a speed limit? If not, some effects could happen at the same instant as the actions that caused them - and some effects, ludicrously, might even happen before their causes. By 100 years ago, it seemed clear that the speed of light was the fastest possible speed. Causality was safe. And then quantum mechanics happened, introducing spooky connections that seemed to circumvent the law of cause and effect.
Inspired by the new physics, psychologist Carl Jung and physicist Wolfgang Pauli explored a concept called synchronicity, a weird phenomenon they thought could link events without causes. Synchronicity tells that sprawling tale of insight and creativity, and asks where these ideas - some plain crazy, and others crazy powerful - are taking the human story next.
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Critic reviews
"Paul Halpern has zeroed in on one of the biggest mysteries in physics: objects with no mechanical linkage somehow act in harmony. He gives it a human face by digging into the Pauli-Jung collaboration-there is nothing else quite like it in the history of science." —George Musser, author of Spooky Action at a Distance
"Synchronicity is a sweeping account of humanity's understanding of the nature of causality. With great virtuosity, Paul Halpern weaves together all of the threads of this important story from the ancient Greeks to modern physics while entertaining the reader with insightful character studies and colorful anecdotes. A delightful book that anyone interested in the history of ideas will enjoy." —John Kounios, coauthor of The Eureka Factor
"Synchronicity is a very informative and thought-provoking account of humankind's efforts from antiquity to the present to understand the causal structure of the everyday world and, during the past century, to unite that understanding with the apparently acausal nature of the quantum world of atoms and particles. Paul Halpern writes with remarkable clarity and insight in a very accessible and engaging style." —David C. Cassidy, author of Beyond Uncertainty
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In this rich, irreverent, and compelling history, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us across centuries, from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford, from Plato's Academy and the Museum of Alexandria to the cathedral school of Chartres and the Royal Society of London. He shows that the scientists of ancient and medieval times not only did not understand what we understand about the world--they did not understand what there is to understand or how to understand it.
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Wow!
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Einstein and the Quantum reveals for the first time the full significance of Albert Einstein's contributions to quantum theory. Einstein famously rejected quantum mechanics, observing that God does not play dice. But, in fact, he thought more about the nature of atoms, molecules, and the emission and absorption of light - the core of what we now know as quantum theory - than he did about relativity.
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In trying to understand the atom, physicists built quantum mechanics, the most successful theory in science and the basis of one-third of our economy. They found, to their embarrassment, that with their theory, physics encounters consciousness. Authors Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner explain all this in nontechnical terms with help from some fanciful stories and anecdotes about the theory's developers. They present the quantum mystery honestly, emphasizing what is and what is not speculation.
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Wow. Very Informative and mind boggling.
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The latest developments in physics have the potential to radically revise our understanding of the world: its makeup, its evolution, and the fundamental forces that drive its operation. Knocking on Heaven's Door is an exhilarating and accessible overview of these developments and an impassioned argument for the significance of science. There could be no better guide than Lisa Randall.
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Too Political
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On March 21, 2013, the European Space Agency released a map of the afterglow of the big bang. Taking in 440 sextillion kilometers of space and 13.8 billion years of time, it is physically impossible to make a better map: We will never see the early universe in more detail. On the one hand, such a view is the apotheosis of modern cosmology; on the other, it threatens to undermine almost everything we hold cosmologically sacrosanct.
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Everything, Absolutely Everything!
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Einstein’s revolutionary scientific ideas have transformed our world, ushering in the nuclear age. The current pace of scientific and technological progress is simply astounding. So is there any place for faith in such a world? Einstein himself gave careful thought to the deepest questions of life. His towering intellectual status means he is someone worth listening to when we think through the big questions of life.
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Makes you think...
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Here's the thing
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- jawsh
- 10-22-24
A book titled Synchronicity that’s not about Synchronicity.
Interesting rant on atomic physics and its history but hardly a word about synchronicity until the end. Feels more like an attempt to argue using science that synchronicities are all meaningless by a person that has clearly never experienced a profound one.
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- Jeremy
- 04-23-23
Not about synchronicity
Good information, but the examples of coincidences the autbor used to trash the concept are idiotic. Hes one of these guys who thinks it can either be proven or it and of not it's not real. Except for quantum mechanics, which kind of admits that we don't know enough.
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- Gdrs
- 05-15-21
An unexpected justification for synchronicity
Halperin takes a thoroughly scientific perspective on the curious concept of synchronicity. One might expect that such perspective calls for its complete dismissal, but in a surprising twist the author salvages it as a principle that os manifested objectively through fundamental symmetries of quantum physics. The only peeve I have is a bit excessive dive into antiquity..
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- James S.
- 10-12-20
Good enough for lay audience, but lacks depth
Halpern is a great writer for the lay person who has no more than a high school science education. But just when it seems he's going to go to the next level of awesome and explain clearly some profound and deep concept that everyone else is afraid to even touch, he drops you on your head and moves on to the next subject.
I liked his other book about Feynman and Wheeler, "The Quantum Labyrinth", more than this one. It offers more insights into the physics, and more interesting character development. He still drops you on your head, but at least you have a smile of intrigue while you land.
The narrator for this audible has a great voice, with good intonation, but dammit why do the publishers allow people who have no clue about the history of physics to read a book on the history of physics??? As soon as these guys pronounce gymnasium as if it's where students go to play basketball, you've lost your credibility as a legit narrator with the type of audience that listens to these physics audibles.
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- J. Muscato
- 05-14-24
Not what I thought. More of a history
I thought this book would help explain entanglement and such concepts. Instead, it was a review of the history of physics over several millennia with an eye toward this concept. In the last few chapters he got more into this. It was enjoyable as I like reading about the history of physics and there were good insights there into these physicists.
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- Hannah Crazyhawk
- 09-05-20
Delightful!
This was a lovely book. I didn't expect as much history as it gave, but was glad of it because I learned so much more. I also gained a deeper understanding of quantum entanglement, spooky may it be. I am glad I read this book!
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- G. Olsen
- 10-25-20
Too much detail in the wrong places
This book is basically a history of physics from sun worship to quantum mechanics, and that's a lot of ground to cover. It does a great job of filling in some interesting gaps relating to the relationships between physicists and the historical context surrounding their discoveries, but really focused much less on explaining their theories. My education is in biology, not physics, but I have an interest in the topic and was hoping this could help cement some of the classical and quantum theories together for me. Unfortunately it seems to be written more for people who already have a solid understanding of the topic but may be interested in the background context. And while the title is "Synchronicity," this particular theory is definitely not the main topic of the book (though it is discussed towards the end).
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- Caro
- 05-27-21
Too much Devine wisdom, A waste of time and money.
There was no science. intact tere was more astrology and alchemy than reality. incredibly Boring and Empty tribe.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-29-21
Book title is not what book is about
This is a generally well written book giving an elementary history of science and a general history of quantum mechanics. Except for giving a summary of Carl Jung's work with Wolfgang Pauli the book does not discuss at all what it's title suggests, except for briefly in the conclusion. If one is generally familiar with the history of physics it is not worth reading.
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- Sycamore
- 09-27-20
mumble jumble
contains no information of value, if you have a basic science education, this is a waste of time
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