Quantum Universe

In"TheQuantumUniverse,"BrianCoxandJeffForshawapproachtheworldofquantummechanicsinthesamewaytheydidin"WhyDoesE=mc2?"andmakefundamentalscientificprinciplesaccessible--andfascinating--toeveryone.Thesubatomicrealmhasareputationforweirdness,spawninganynumberofprofoundmisunderstandings,journeysintoEasternmysticism,andwoollypronouncementsontheinterconnectednessofallthings.CoxandForshaw'scontention?Thereisnoneedforquantummechanicstobeviewedthisway.Thereisalotofmileageinthe"weirdness"ofthequantumworld,anditoftenleadstoconfusionand,frankly,badscience."TheQuantumUniverse"cutsthroughtheWuLiandaskswhatobservationsofthenaturalworldmadeitnecessary,howitwasconstructed,andwhyweareconfidentthat,forallitsapparentstrangeness,itisagoodtheory.Thequantummechanicsof"TheQuantumUniverse"provideaconcretemodelofnaturethatiscomparableinitsessencetoNewton'slawsofmotion,Maxwell'stheoryofelectricityandmagnetism,andEinstein'stheoryofrelativity.