In The Quantum Universe, Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw approach the world
of quantum mechanics in the same way they did in Why Does E=mc2? and
make fundamental scientific principles accessible - and fascinating - to
everyone.The subatomic realm has a reputation for weirdness, spawning
any number of profound misunderstandings, journeys into Eastern
mysticism, and woolly pronouncements on the interconnectedness of all
things. Cox and Forshaw's contention? There is no need for quantum
mechanics to be viewed this way. There is a lot of mileage in the
"weirdness" of the quantum world, and it often leads to confusion and,
frankly, bad science. The Quantum Universe cuts through the Wu Li and
asks what observations of the natural world made it necessary, how it
was constructed, and why we are confident that, for all its apparent
strangeness, it is a good theory.
The quantum mechanics of The Quantum Universe provide a concrete model
of nature that is comparable in its essence to Newton's laws of motion,
Maxwell's theory of electricity and magnetism, and Einstein's theory of
relativity.
