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    Quantum Legacies

    QUANTUM
    LEGACIES
    Dispatches from an Uncertain World

    DAVID KAI­SER
    With a Foreword by Alan Lightman

    The University of Chicago Press


    Chicago and London
    The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637
    The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London
    © 2020 by The University of Chicago
    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced
    in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in
    the case of brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. For more
    information, contact the University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th St.,
    Chicago, IL 60637.
    Published 2020
    Printed in the United States of America

    29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20  1 2 3 4 5

    ISBN-­13: 978-­0-­226-­69805-­2 (cloth)


    ISBN-­13: 978-­0-­226-­69819-­9 (e-­book)
    DOI: https://​doi​.org / 10.7208/chicago/9780226698199.001.0001

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Names: Kaiser, David, author.


    Title: Quantum legacies : dispatches from an uncertain world /
    David Kaiser ; with a foreword by Alan Lightman.
    Description: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2020. |
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Identifiers: LCCN 2019037201 | ISBN 9780226698052 (cloth) |
    ISBN 9780226698199 (ebook)
    Subjects: LCSH: Quantum theory. | Physics—History.
    Classification: LCC QC173.98.K358 2020 | DDC 530.12—dc23
    LC record available at https:// lccn.loc.gov/2019037201

    ♾ This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992


    (Permanence of Paper).
    For Ellery and Toby:
    quantum wondertwins
    CONTENTS

    Foreword  ix
    Alan Lightman

    Introduction 1

    QUANTA  15
    1 All Quantum, No Solace 17
    2 Life-­and-­Death: When Nature Refuses
    to Select 29
    3 Operation: Neu­trino 39
    4 Quantum Theory by Starlight 53

    CALCULATING  69
    5 From Blackboards to Bombs 71
    6 Boiling Electrons 86
    7 Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics 97
    8 Training Quantum Mechanics 116
    9 Zen and the Art of Textbook Publishing 136

    MATTER  153
    10 Pipe Dreams 155
    11 Something for Nothing 165
    12 Higgs Hunting 174
    13 When Fields Collide 183

    COSMOS  203
    14 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner 205
    15 Gaga for Gravitation 218
    16 The Other Evolution Wars 231
    17 No More Lonely Hearts 250
    18 Learning from Gravitational Waves 263
    19 A Farewell to Stephen Haw­king 270

    Acknowledgments  277
    Abbreviations  281
    Notes  283
    Index  331

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