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The Age Of Entanglement: When Quantum Physics Was Reborn (2008)

by Louisa Gilder(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1400044170 (ISBN13: 9781400044177)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Knopf

review 1: I'm not a physicist, but I get the sense that even if I did have the deeper understanding of physics, I'd bet that this book would still leave my head spinning. The problem, for me, was that the author really never wove a strong story throughout the progression of the interesting discoveries within the field of quantum physics. The book jumps around throughout history in a dizzying fashion and fails to center strongly on it's central figures, continuously deviating to the mundane details of each new physics scholar as they enter the spotlight throughout the years. The result is a disjointed telling of the story of "the quanta" and an extremely hard read since the book itself suffers so severely from a lack of focus. I would not recommend this title to anyone... I will say ... morethat the narrator Walter Dixon makes a valiant effort in telling this oddly woven tale, but alas, even his smooth and steady voice cannot save this gigantic run on sentence / A.D.D. ridden excuse for a book.
review 2: Told through recreation history where quotes from different scientists are put together and composed as artificial conversations when they historically met. Interesting from that perspective, but can be a little distracting at times. The main concepts in the book are the Bohr and Einstien camps of quantum theory during development and how each side framed their argument and how entanglement and action at a distance have further carried that argument. The discussions are technical and at times required a couple readings to get full understanding but lays the groundwork for today’s science of strings and multi-dimmensional reality. Not recommended for anyone without a science background, but would be a good complement to “Warped Passages”. less

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