E-raamat: Portals to a New Reality: Five Experiments to Unlock the Future of Physics

Vlatko Vedral is a revolutionary in the best sense: where others see stagnation and impasse, he sees signposts or portals, as he calls them to a future in which our very conception of reality will be overturned. In this stimulating and provocative book, Vedral seeks to shatter complacency by identifying five portals to a radically new understanding of reality -- David Deutsch, author of The Beginning of Infinity A typically fearless contribution from Vlatko Vedral: a lucid, compellingly argued collection of bold ideas that defy the standard ways of thinking. At a time when the field feels like it is stuck for ideas, Portals to A New Reality opens the door on what could prove an exciting future for fundamental physics -- Michael Brooks, author of The Art of More No, not magic mushrooms; something far more reliable and compelling: a lucid, unflinching, and undeflected commitment to the pursuit of a quantum theory of reality -- Peter Atkins In Portals to a New Reality, Vlatko Vedral opens five provocative gateways to the future of physics. With clarity and wit, he challenges the limits of conventional thinking, arguing that the next great revolution wont come from ever-larger colliders or far-flung speculation, but from quantum information theory itself. From entangled cats to quantum gravity and the nature of time, Vedral explores how understanding quantum information could unify physicsand transform our view of life, the universe, and everything. A bold manifesto for those who believe real progress begins with asking better questions -- Artur Ekert Vedral delivers wild ideas with enthusiasm, technical know-how, and a new perspective on quantum reality * Kirkus Reviews * Quantum mechanics is the most successful scientific theory in history, yet there is much unfinished business. For a start, it is hard to merge with our best theory of gravitation. Worse, quantum mechanics seems to make no sense when describing 'reality.' I can think of no better person to reconceptualize physics through a quantum lens than Vlatko Vedral. His profound insights and grasp of technical subtleties make him pre-eminent among scientists now propelling quantum mechanics into its second century * Paul Davies, author of Quantum 2.0 *