How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival (Audiobook)

from TerriBooks

What Einstein called "spooky actions from a distance" became ignored in the utilitarian 60s and 70s response to the Cold War and its aftermath. The author claims that physicists stopped musing on the meaning of quantum mechanics and concentrated on producing practical results. Then a group of un-...

from lindap69

Even I who chose to skip Physics in high school could understand some of this! Basically a group of non-conformists approached seemingly unanswerable questions from multiple unconventional ways - a testament to the importance of creativity and the ability to keep asking and questioning authority.

from EmreSevinc

David Kaiser brings a whole new perspective to the concept of history of science in his book "How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival" (or maybe we should call it journalism of science, because almost all of the heroes of this wonderful book are alive). One...

from EmreSevinc

David Kaiser brings a whole new perspective to the concept of history of science in his book "How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival" (or maybe we should call it journalism of science, because almost all of the heroes of this wonderful book are alive). One...