What makes Carroll's new project so worthwhile, though, is that while he is most certainly choosing sides in the debate, he offers us a cogent, clear and compelling guide to the subject while letting his passion for the scientific questions shine through every page. That's the fraught territory best-selling author and physicist Sean Carroll dives into with his new book Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime. But all too often over the last 100 years, this has been the case, as scientists have disagreed sharply over the meaning of their greatest and most potent theory known as quantum mechanics. While no one will be surprised to find these kinds of arguments playing out about immigration or the importance of NATO, finding it among staid physicists - and about the nature of physical reality - might not be so expected. It's hard to find any issue these days that people aren't ready to square off on, with sharp, snarky barbs. How?Įveryone knows we live in a partisan age. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Something Deeply Hidden Subtitle Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime Author Sean Carroll
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