{"product_id":"portals-to-a-new-reality-five-experiments-to-unlock-the-future-of-physics-paperback","title":"Portals to a New Reality: Five Experiments to Unlock the Future of Physics (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn acclaimed physicist signposts a new revolution in\nfundamental physics, and with it a new description of reality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFor the last century, physics has been following the paths\nset out by the same two theories―quantum mechanics and general relativity―and,\nlet’s face it, it’s getting pretty boring. Despite these great theories being\nfundamentally in conflict, most scientists are simply chasing decimal points in\nlaboratories. To give the deeper explanation of reality we seek, we need new\nways to explore and critique our best ideas of the universe on the smallest and\nlargest scales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe situation is much like that in 1890, right before\nPlanck, Einstein and Bohr blew the roof off Newtonian physics. As Vlatko Vedral\nargues in \u003ci\u003ePortals to a New Reality\u003c\/i\u003e, this suggests we are on the brink of\na new revolution. Vedral first explains the state of the art of our current\nunderstanding when it comes to quantum mechanics and general relativity. Then\nhe shows how quantum information theory has opened up radical new avenues,\ngiving us a series of extraordinary experiments that could upend physics. They\ncan sound very strange―one essentially involves entangling a human with\nSchrödinger’s cat―but they lay bare the elements of our theories that are\nparticularly problematic, such as the widespread belief that nothing truly\nexists unless it is observed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAt present these take the form of fascinating thought experiments, but nothing,\nsave inertia and a lack of ambition, stands in our way. This revolution has\nbeen a century in the making―the time has finally arrived to rewrite our\nunderstanding of the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVlatko Vedral\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of physics at the\nUniversity of Oxford, known for both his theoretical and experimental work on\nquantum information, including developing a novel way of quantifying\nentanglement and applying it to macroscopic physical systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhen not studying the fundamental nature of reality, he\nenjoys drawing, wakeboarding and playing his electric guitar very loudly. He is\nthe author of the 2010 book \u003ci\u003eDecoding\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReality\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as several\ntextbooks. Born in Serbia, he now lives in Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46410644029647,"sku":"9781837312214","price":29.98,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_7e02b17f-ba0c-4aff-820c-04c4cb70e514.jpg?v=1793328998","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/portals-to-a-new-reality-five-experiments-to-unlock-the-future-of-physics-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}