In Search Of Schrodinger's Cat: Updated Edition

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I literally rushed through the first two-third of the book, all along feeling a genuine regret fornthe fact that had I studied this book before embarking on my quest to become a Chemistry graduate, I could have appreciated the things a lot more, in the process picking up much more than a degree.

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If you want an introduction on these matters read the opening two-thirds of either of his books (The Elegant Universe or The Fabric of the Cosmos). A cat is in a box with a radioactive source and a poison that will be released when the source (unpredictably) emits radiation.

I did only vaguely - but I wanted to save myself from getting scratched, which I seemed to be in imminent danger of.

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It was the first popular book about quantum physics I've read and I think I was lucky to start with it. Keep in mind that this an illustration of what Schrodinger saw as the problem with the Copenhagen idea of Quantum superposition.Einstein thought Schrödinger refuted the notion that reality was "blurry" and depended on the observer. These tiny quantities can interact with each other and can predict how our "macroscopic" numbers behave. On quantum computing: Deutsch has drawn important conclusions from the success of quantum computing.

I knew I had made a mistake the moment the question left my lips, because the cat's face darkened like thunder. Physics is about probing into the unknown and what we need is imagination, but imagination in a terrible straitjacket. I think it has become even more relevant in our media savvy days when wars are played and won more on screen than at the actual battles fields.

Gribbin's book has been cited as an example of how to revive an interest in the study of mathematics.