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For physicists, the 1970s were a time of stagnation. Kaisers book how the hippies saved physics is available from amazon us and amazon uk, sounds like it would be a great read and touch on many areas that we discuss here at tdg. John gribbin, wall street journal it is hard to write a book about quantum mechanics that is at once intellectually serious and a pageturner. This has been corrected in the html and pdf versions online.
Mar 15, 2012 how the hippies saved physics tells the story of a group of physicists in berkeley who began meeting in the late 1970s to discuss the implications of some very weird properties of quantum mechanics. The surprising story of eccentric young scientists who stood up to conventionand changed the face of modern physics in the 1970s, amid severe cutbacks in physics funding, a small group of underemployed physicists in berkeley decided to throw off the constraints of academia and explore the. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. David kaiser interviewed by physics girl how the hippies saved physics 2012 uploaded by bsanandaatyahoodotcom globalcooperativeforumdotnet skip to main content this banner text can have markup. Read excerpts in scientific american here and here. How the hippies saved physics by david kaiser scienceblogs. Pdf how the hippies saved physics kaiser, d 2011 book. Dubbing themselves the fundamental fysiks group, they pursued an audacious, speculative approach. Nov 26, 2012 mit professor david kaiser describes the field of physics bumpy transition from new age to cutting edge. How the hippies saved physics, science, counterculture, and the quantum revival by david kaiser david kaiser is a professor at massachusetts institute of technology. Science, counterculture, and the quantum revival kaiser, david on. How the hippies saved physics expert answers physics. This lecture was presented by the cambridge science festival and the mit museum. The book is about how circa mid 1970s a bunch of young physicists, all of them male with one important exception, and without job prospects, banded together to ask themselves some questions about the fundamental concepts in quantum mechanics.
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