Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire. The Biggest Ideas in Science from Quanta

Par : Thomas Lin, Sean Carroll
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  • Nombre de pages328
  • FormatePub
  • ISBN978-0-262-35052-5
  • EAN9780262350525
  • Date de parution04/12/2018
  • Protection num.Adobe DRM
  • Taille4 Mo
  • Infos supplémentairesepub
  • ÉditeurThe MIT Press

Résumé

UNTANGLING THE MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE: The Pulitzer Prize-winning leaders in scientific journalism take you inside the latest findings in challenging, speculative, and cutting-edge science. A BILL GATES RECOMMENDED BOOK: "If you're a science and data nerd like me, you may be interested in Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire." Bringing together the best and most interesting science stories from in Quanta Magazine, Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire reports on some of the greatest scientific minds as they test the limits of human knowledge.
In the title story, Alice and Bob-beloved characters of various thought experiments in physics-grapple with gravitational forces, possible spaghettification, and a massive wall of fire as Alice jumps into a black hole. Another story considers whether the universe is impossible, in light of experimental results at the Large Hadron Collider. We learn about quantum reality and the mystery of quantum entanglement; explore the source of time's arrow; and witness a eureka moment when a quantum physicist exclaims: "Finally, we can understand why a cup of coffee equilibrates in a room." We reflect on humans' enormous skulls and the Brain Boom; consider the evolutionary benefits of loneliness; peel back the layers of the newest artificial intelligence algorithms; follow the "battle for the heart and soul of physics"; and mourn the disappearance of the "diphoton bump, " revealed to be a statistical fluctuation rather than a revolutionary new particle.
Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, Quanta is the only popular publication that offers in-depth coverage of today's challenging, speculative, cutting-edge science. It communicates science by taking it seriously, wrestling with difficult concepts and clearly explaining them in a way that speaks to our innate curiosity about our world and ourselves. With Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire, Quanta once again gives us a front-row seat to scientific discovery.
UNTANGLING THE MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE: The Pulitzer Prize-winning leaders in scientific journalism take you inside the latest findings in challenging, speculative, and cutting-edge science. A BILL GATES RECOMMENDED BOOK: "If you're a science and data nerd like me, you may be interested in Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire." Bringing together the best and most interesting science stories from in Quanta Magazine, Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire reports on some of the greatest scientific minds as they test the limits of human knowledge.
In the title story, Alice and Bob-beloved characters of various thought experiments in physics-grapple with gravitational forces, possible spaghettification, and a massive wall of fire as Alice jumps into a black hole. Another story considers whether the universe is impossible, in light of experimental results at the Large Hadron Collider. We learn about quantum reality and the mystery of quantum entanglement; explore the source of time's arrow; and witness a eureka moment when a quantum physicist exclaims: "Finally, we can understand why a cup of coffee equilibrates in a room." We reflect on humans' enormous skulls and the Brain Boom; consider the evolutionary benefits of loneliness; peel back the layers of the newest artificial intelligence algorithms; follow the "battle for the heart and soul of physics"; and mourn the disappearance of the "diphoton bump, " revealed to be a statistical fluctuation rather than a revolutionary new particle.
Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, Quanta is the only popular publication that offers in-depth coverage of today's challenging, speculative, cutting-edge science. It communicates science by taking it seriously, wrestling with difficult concepts and clearly explaining them in a way that speaks to our innate curiosity about our world and ourselves. With Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire, Quanta once again gives us a front-row seat to scientific discovery.