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A review by ichirofakename
What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics by Adam Becker
2.0
A review lead me to believe this book would investigate the philosophical implications of quantum mechanics. It doesn't. This is yet another popular review of the subject, covering its history, more up to date than the last I read. The measurement problem is still unsolved, and the spooky action at a distance problem has been confirmed to be a real problem. The Copenhagen interpretation is a little more denigrated, and there are a couple of new outlying theories to consider. The theory that is most straightforward and best answers all problems is the most laughably ludicrous, the many-worlds theory.
There is the usual hand waving when concepts get too difficult to explain without math. Very little about quantum field definition (qm vs. spec. rel.). Nothing on quantum chromodynamics (I still don't know what it is).
There is too much local color added in an attempt I guess to bring the characters down to earth and increase readability – it increases the length, and nothing more. There is no need to read this book if you are already aware of the basic issues of quantum mechanics. I'm waiting another couple decades in hope of progress before I read another book on this subject.
There is the usual hand waving when concepts get too difficult to explain without math. Very little about quantum field definition (qm vs. spec. rel.). Nothing on quantum chromodynamics (I still don't know what it is).
There is too much local color added in an attempt I guess to bring the characters down to earth and increase readability – it increases the length, and nothing more. There is no need to read this book if you are already aware of the basic issues of quantum mechanics. I'm waiting another couple decades in hope of progress before I read another book on this subject.