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Quantum Legacies: Dispatches from an Uncertain World

David Kaiser

Science & engineering

Quantum Legacies: Dispatches from an Uncertain World

By David Kaiser, the Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science in the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society; professor of physics, and associate dean of social and ethical responsibilities of computing in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

University of Chicago Press · 2020

Kaiser introduces readers to iconic episodes in physicists' still-unfolding quest to understand space, time, and matter. He explores moments of discovery and debate among the minds of Albert Einstein, Erwin Schrödinger, Stephen Hawking, and many more who have indelibly shaped our understanding of nature as they've tried to make sense of a messy world.

From Summer 2021 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News). Cover image via Google Books.