The quantum labyrinth : how Richard Feynman and John Wheeler revolutionized time and reality / Paul...
The quantum labyrinth : how Richard Feynman and John Wheeler revolutionized time and reality / Paul...
The quantum labyrinth : how Richard Feynman and John Wheeler revolutionized time and reality / Paul Halpern, PhD.
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New York : Basic Books, [2017]
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G 2017/4966
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English
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Physical content
ix, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: A revolution in time -- Wheeler's watch -- The only particle in the universe -- All the roads not to paradise -- The hidden paths of ghosts -- The island and the mountains: mapping the particle landscape -- Life as an amoeba in the foamy sea of possibilities -- Time's arrow and the mys...
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New York : Basic Books, [2017]
Edition
First edition.
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New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"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...
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The quantum labyrinth : how Richard Feynman and John Wheeler revolutionized time and reality / Paul Halpern, PhD.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online version: Halpern, Paul, 1961- Quantum labyrinth. New York : Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., [2017] 9780465097593 (DLC) 2017017848
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G 2017/4966
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9780465097586 hardcover
0465097588 hardcover
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530.12
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991024143118002626
