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4%OFFDavid Kaiser - How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival - 9780393342314 - V9780393342314
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How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival

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Description for How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival Paperback. "Meticulously researched and unapologetically romantic, How the Hippies Saved Physics makes the history of science fun again."-Science Num Pages: 416 pages, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; PDZ; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.

Today, quantum information theory is among the most exciting scientific frontiers, attracting billions of dollars in funding and thousands of talented researchers. But as MIT physicist and historian David Kaiser reveals, this cutting-edge field has a surprisingly psychedelic past. How the Hippies Saved Physics introduces us to a band of freewheeling physicists who defied the imperative to “shut up and calculate” and helped to rejuvenate modern physics.

For physicists, the 1970s were a time of stagnation. Jobs became scarce, and conformity was encouraged, sometimes stifling exploration of the mysteries of the physical world. Dissatisfied, underemployed, and eternally curious, an eccentric ... Read more

A lively, entertaining story that illuminates the relationship between creativity and scientific progress, How the Hippies Saved Physics takes us to a time when only the unlikeliest heroes could break the science world out of its rut.

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Product Details

Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
378
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393342314
SKU
V9780393342314
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 10 to 12 working days
Ref
99-15

About David Kaiser
David Kaiser is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he teaches in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society and the Department of Physics. He lives near Boston.

Reviews for How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival
"It’s rare to find quantum physics mentioned in the same breath with sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll…I heartily enjoyed How the Hippies Saved Physics."
John Gribbin - Wall Street Journal "It is hard to write a book about quantum mechanics that is at once intellectually serious and a page-turner. But David Kaiser succeeds…Illuminating."
Hugh Gusterson - Nature ... Read more

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