The quantum labyrinth

how Richard Feynman and John Wheeler revolutionized time and reality

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Paul Halpern: The quantum labyrinth (2017)

311 pages

English language

Published Aug. 9, 2017

ISBN:
978-0-465-09758-6
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OCLC Number:
968771418

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"In Fall 1939, Richard Feynman, a brash and brilliant recent graduate of MIT, arrived in John Wheeler's Princeton office to report for duty as his teaching assistant. The prim and proper Wheeler timed their interaction with a watch placed on the table. Feynman caught on, and for the next meeting brought his own cheap watch, set it on the table next to Wheeler's, and also began timing the chat. The two had a hearty laugh and a lifelong friendship was born. At first glance, they would seem an unlikely pair. Feynman was rough on the exterior, spoke in a working class Queens accent, and loved playing bongo drums, picking up hitchhikers, and exploring out-of-the way places. Wheeler was a family man, spoke softly and politely, dressed in suits, and had the manners of a minister. Yet intellectually, their roles were reversed. Wheeler was a raging nonconformist, full of wild ideas …

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Subjects

  • Quantum theory
  • Time
  • Space and time
  • Reality