The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics
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James Kakalios
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In the pulp magazines and comics of the 1950s, it was predicted that the future would be one of gleaming utopias, with flying cars, jetpacks, and robotic personal assistants. Obviously, things didn't turn out that way. But the world we do have is actually more fantastic than the most outlandish predictions of the science fiction of the mid-20th century. The World Wide Web, pocket-sized computers, mobile phones, and MRI machines have changed the world in unimagined ways.
In The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics, James Kakalios uses examples from comics and magazines to explain how breakthroughs in quantum mechanics led to such technologies.
The book begins with an overview of speculative science fiction, beginning with Jules Verne and progressing through the space adventure comic books of the 1950s. Using the example of Dr. Manhattan from the graphic novel and film Watchmen, Kakalios explains the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and describes nuclear energy via the hilarious portrayals of radioactivity and its effects in the movies and comic books of the 1950s. Finally, he shows how future breakthroughs will make possible ever more advanced medical diagnostic devices - and perhaps even power stations on the moon that can beam their power to Earth.
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Good, but for whom?
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Interesting book, but WOW, the narrator ...
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excellent book
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Very Interesting, but ...
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More woo than new
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who's the target reader?
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- Rose
- 01-03-18
Amazing
I love this book! It gave me answers that few have. It was entertaining too!
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- Hendrick Mcdonald
- 12-29-15
Good Overall Review of Quantum Mechanics
The book provides a good overall review of quantum physics. The theory is mixed with stories of quantum mechanics in popular fiction and there are a few sections examining quantum mechanics in use.
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- Chris Reich
- 02-11-13
Pefect for a Physics Nut
I have listened to nearly all of the physics books listed in the Audible library and this one is my favorite. It could be that as I learn, these books get easier, but I really think this book is the easiest to grasp.
The book makes some of the most difficult concepts easier to understand. Things like particle spin have had me spinning but now I get that electrons don't really spin, they have spin. They have angular momentum even though an electron is a wave---
The book is very interesting if you like quantum mechanics. The comic tie-in gives amusing and interesting side bars to the topic.
If you are really into physics, you'll love this book. If you don't, you probably will have a hard time with this book.
Chris Reich, BizPhyZ
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- Horror Reader
- 01-31-17
Very Interesting, but still Confusing
This book has some very cool parts, and I loved the references to comics and science fiction novels, but the explanations of Quantum Mechanics is still very complex and, yes, there's math. Overall, it's worth it if you're interested in physics.
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- Pauline
- 01-11-11
Don't believe the "Math-Free"
If you are well versed in the formulae of physics then this book will prove to be easy listening for you. I was disappointed to hear the reader plow through various strings of algebraic formulae after being thoroughly convinced in the first part of the book that the explanations would hold only the simplest examples. I guess simple is subjective. I now know that 1/2 of H is a basic part of one of Schrodinger's theories. Which part of what theory is beyond me at this point, but it was repeated regularly in the text.
A reader who is familiar with quantum physics, its developmental history and the leading innovators will find the book basic information. I was able to keep up with the concepts and history but got thoroughly lost once the math came in. Textbook level reading, not for the non-math schooled.
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- K. Foster
- 09-07-15
it was Math-free but it was far from it
it was a really good book but too much math for an enjoyable listen. if this is a field you have a passion for, definitely get this. if it sounded interesting., you may want to reconsider.
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- Betty
- 01-08-11
The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics
This is a very good book that explains how modern technology works in terms of quantum mechanics. The book is written at a level where a knowledgeable layman can understand it; and there is a link to referenced figures. The one thing that bothers me about the book is the narration. The narrator does not know how to pronounce the specialized science words. Every time he mispronounces Shrodinger (which is often, given the nature of the book), I cringe. He apparently has never heard of an excimer laser either. It's very frustrating, and is taking away from my enjoyment of the book.
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Quantum Mechanics, it's not what you think it is
Not really math free per the the title, but well worth listening to. James Kakalios has his own ideas about our future and how we are going to achieve it. This is a romp through history and science that requires special attention to the details. If you enjoy mental challenges then this is your cup of tea. Quantum mechanics, it's not what you think!
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- Peter
- 01-31-11
Not a good candidate for audiobook format
This was educational, but not "math-free" at all. For just one example, Planck's constant divided by two times pi cropped up about twenty times. And when the audiobook tells you to see figure 32(a) and you are on your exercise bike, you are not getting a great audiobook experience. (It's nice that the tell you where to get a PDF of the figures for the book, but some of the Figure numbers were not the same. Maybe they couldn't get permission to issue the Watchmen pages in a free PDF format.) It was okay. Not great. Thanks.
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- Ken Creten
- 10-28-18
Many boorish trite attempts at humor
I finally stopped listening to this book when he wrote that since Schrodinger had an affair while coming up with the wave equation that quantum mechanics teaches us you can't be a, "playa hater."
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