The quantum challenge
by George Greenstein · first published 1997
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You might like Greenstein and Zajonc's book 'The Quantum Challenge' is talks about a lot of the research in the foundations of quantum mechanics, which is a thriving field in its own right. It's also incredibly subtle and basically impossible to sell popular books with.…
on “In the foundations of physics we haven't seen progress for the past four decades” ↗…insofar as none of these books get into quantum information theory at all, which I think is crucial to having a really solid understanding. Another really good book is this one: https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Challenge-Foundations-Mechani... though it's a tad pricey, but it's actually a really good mix of technical and historical content because it describes the experiments that were done to show that the many unintuitive…
on “The Golden Age of Quantum Physics” ↗