Kirk Moodey reviewed How the hippies saved physics by David Kaiser
Review of 'How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Extremely unconvincing, and contrary to what some other reviewers wrote, the physics was not well presented.
'The EPR authors described a source, such as a radioactive nucleus, that shot out pairs of particles with the same speed but in opposite directions. Call the left-moving particle “A,” and the right-moving particle “B.” A physicist could measure A’s position at a given moment, and thereby deduce the value of B’s position. Meanwhile, the physicist could measure B’s momentum at that same moment, thus capturing knowledge of B’s momentum and simultaneous position to any desired accuracy.'
This is blatantly wrong. EPR was about measuring position OR momentum but never about knowing both at the same time!
