| 单词 | quantum |
| 例句 | Harold Puthoff, the director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Austin, Texas, believes that a quantum sail would simply alter the properties of the vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The first is the limitation that the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics sets on our powers of prediction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When we have learned how these are rearranged against randomness, to make, say, springtails, quantum mechanics, and the late quartets, we may have a clearer notion how to proceed. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The quantum laws are more liberal and allow you to be overdrawn on one or two accounts provided the total balance is positive. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Einstein’s earlier pathbreaking work on the photoelectric effect suggested strongly that light was composed of a stream of “light quanta,” or particles. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As a Caltech graduate student, Carl Anderson spent several days in a packed lecture hall straining unsuccessfully to make sense of Oppenheimer’s class on quantum mechanics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z We’d be able to explain to them everything we know—from the adventures of Alice in Wonderland to the paradoxes of quantum physics—and they could teach us how their people view the world. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z An example of how quantum theory can allow negative energy densities is provided by what is called the Casimir effect. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the light quanta seemed to measure out at three or four meters long; sometimes they appeared to be “just a little bundle of energy,” Beams recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There is a mathematical theorem that says that any theory that obeys quantum mechanics and relativity must always obey the combined symmetry CPT. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There must be a certain minimum amount of uncertainty, or quantum fluctuations, in the value of the field. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the major endeavors in physics today, and the major theme of this book, is the search for a new theory that will incorporate them both—a quantum theory of gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But by then he was only routinely enthusiastic as he went over Griffith’s quantum- mechanical arguments. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z As we saw in the last chapter, quantum mechanics tells us that all particles are in fact waves, and that the higher the energy of a particle, the smaller the wavelength of the corresponding wave. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the vacuum everywhere in the universe is seething with a quantum foam of virtual particles, the fabric of the universe is filled with infinite zero-point energy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z From 1975 onward I therefore started to develop a more powerful approach to quantum gravity based on Richard Feynman’s idea of a sum over histories. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, there is a spin 0 field, which, because of quantum fluctuations, would have large values in some regions of the early universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Today scientists describe the universe in terms of two basic partial theories—the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z However, this idea is at the heart of the quantum theory. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He seemed to absorb the baffling paradoxes of quantum theory with ease. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If so, then quantum sails are just the beginning; it would be possible to make engines that run solely on zero-point energy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We don’t yet have a complete and consistent theory that combines quantum mechanics and gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the rules of quantum mechanics, the zero-dimensional electron has infinite mass and infinite charge. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Similarly, in the quantum theory of gravity, there are many different possible quantum states for the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Once quantum mechanics was accepted, so, too, would the mysterious powers of zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This idea–the famous "quantum leap"–is of course utterly strange, but it was too good not to be true. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It could not have been completely uniform, because that would violate the uncertainty principle of quantum theory. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They convinced me that, according to the quantum mechanical uncertainty principle, rotating black holes should create and emit particles. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though physicists quickly realized that Planck’s equation was right, they did not accept the quantum hypothesis. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And we shall see, in later chapters, that we already know a fair amount about the predictions a quantum theory of gravity must make. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z According to quantum theory, everything—light, electrons, protons, small dogs—have both wavelike and particlelike properties. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Moreover, the more accurately one measures the position, the shorter the wavelength of the light that one needs and hence the higher the energy of a single quantum. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Zero in quantum mechanics invests the vacuum with infinite energy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z However, this can be misleading, because quantum mechanics tells us that the particles do not have any well-defined axis. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to quantum theory. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the quantum theory ol gravity, on the other hand, a third possibility arises. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This paper—which explained the photoelectric effect, brought quantum mechanics into the mainstream. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The trouble with this was that the laws of mechanics and electricity, before quantum mechanics, predicted that the electrons would lose energy and so spiral inward until they collided with the nucleus. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The vuvv happily sold their knowledge to captains of industry in exchange for rights to the Earth’s electromagnetic energy fields and some invisible quantum events. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But Pauling abhorred this direct mechanism and was especially irritated by the suggestion that it was supported by quantum mechanics. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z But that time it set me off like a high-yield quantum torpedo. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Reassuringly, the results had been validated theoretically by Oppenheimer, who was gratified that they undermined certain European theories of quantum dynamics with which he heartily disagreed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Suddenly you needed two sets of laws to explain the behavior of the universe–quantum theory for the world of the very small and relativity for the larger universe beyond. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z This method derived from the theories of the Russian physicist George Gamow, who deduced from quantum mechanics that the occasional particle from even a moderately energetic beam could penetrate the nucleus. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In general, quantum mechanics does not predict a single definite result for an observation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing in between is allowed, so to get from 30 to 40 miles an hour, you have to make a quantum leap. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z With the advent of quantum mechanics, we have come to recognize that events cannot be predicted with complete accuracy but that there is always a degree of uncertainty. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We do not yet have a complete consistent theory that unifies general relativity and quantum mechanics, but we do know a number of the features it should have. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the equations of quantum mechanics, more power than is stored in all the coal mines, oil fields, and nuclear weapons in the world is sitting in the space inside your toaster. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z What really happens during the very early or late stages of the universe, when gravitational fields are so strong that quantum effects cannot be ignored? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The only areas of physical science into which quantum mechanics has not yet been properly incorporated are gravity and the large-scale structure of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If the universe really is in such a quantum state, there would be no singularities in the history of the universe in imaginary time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately for Einstein, the laws of quantum mechanics work incredibly well, and you can’t successfully explain quantum effects with traditional classical physics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The main difficulty in finding a theory that unifies gravity with the other forces is that general relativity is a “classical” theory; that is, it does not incorporate the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Germany had dominated science in the early twentieth century: it had been the crucible of atomic physics, quantum mechanics, nuclear chemistry, physiology, and biochemistry. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Interference can also occur for particles, because of the duality introduced by quantum mechanics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This quantum will disturb the particle and change its velocity in a way that cannot be predicted. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z According to quantum mechanics and general relativity, the power of zero is infinite, so it’s no surprise that people are hoping to tap its potential. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We kissed for a while and then lay together listening to The Hectic Glow’s eponymous album, and eventually we fell asleep like that, a quantum entanglement of tubes and bodies. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z However, as has been described in earlier chapters, the classical laws were superseded by quantum laws based on the uncertainty principle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z However, what the singularity theorems really indicate is that the gravitational field becomes so strong that quantum gravitational effects become important: classical theory is no longer a good description of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This, however, is difficult to determine in the case of quantum gravity, for two reasons. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In particular, no two electrons of the same quantum state can be forced into the same spot. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This was the first indication that quantum mechanics might remove the singularities that were predicted by general relativity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Like quantum mechanics, the theory of relativity was born in light; this time it was the speed of light that caused the trouble. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The quantum singularity in my chest churned, drawing more interstellar dust into its event horizon, sucking up all the light that drew too close. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They vibrate only with certain acceptable energies, called quanta. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Modern quantum mechanics combines both ideas, and it is customary today to think of light as behaving in some circumstances as a beam of particles and in others as a wave. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus the radiation by black holes shows that quantum theory allows travel back in time on a microscopic scale and that such time travel can produce observable effects. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if the zeros at the center of black holes don’t provide an easy way to travel through space, the zero of quantum mechanics provides an alternative: the zero-point energy might be the ultimate fuel. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But, as indicated above, the real importance of the singularity theorems was that they showed that the gravitational field must become so strong that quantum gravitational effects could not be ignored. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z These quantum theories are deterministic in the sense that they give laws for the evolution of the wave with time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In quantum mechanics, a zero is responsible for a bizarre source of energy—infinite and ubiquitous, present even in the deepest vacuum—and a phantom force exerted by nothing at all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This approach led Heisenberg, Erwin Schrodinger, and Paul Dirac in the 1920s to reformulate mechanics into a new theory called quantum mechanics, based on the uncertainty principle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to observe a primordial black hole one would have to detect several gamma ray quanta coming from the same direction within a reasonable space of time, such as a week. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We shall see later that when one combines general relativity with the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics, it is possible for both space and time to be finite without any edges or boundaries. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z General relativity and quantum mechanics were bound to be incompatible. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This caused a lot of trouble when the theory of quantum electrodynamics first came out. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The ultraviolet catastrophe led to the quantum revolution. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When the curvature of space-time becomes large, quantum gravitational effects will become important and the classical theory will cease to be a good description of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “But we’ll talk about books now. How are you getting along with the quantum one?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer had received his doctorate only two years earlier under Max Born at Gottingen, where he had communed with such rising stars of quantum mechanics as Werner Heisenberg and Paul Ehrenfest. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Instead, they had a quantum state, which was a combination of position and velocity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This singularity makes no sense in quantum mechanics or in general relativity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This is the zero-point energy, an infinity in the formulas of quantum theory. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The alternative histories hypothesis sounds rather like Richard Feynman’s way of expressing quantum theory as a sum over histories, which was described in Chapters 4 and 8. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Zero dwells at the juxtaposition of quantum mechanics and relativity; zero lives where the two theories meet, and zero causes the two theories to clash. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This strange force is woven into the mathematical equations of the quantum universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Their goal was to investigate the structure of light by measuring the interval from the moment a quantum particle of light, a photon, strikes a target to the emission of an electron from its surface. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Relativity, quantum mechanics—on such nights he seems happy enough talking about whatever Werner asks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Like, the smaller things get, the crazier science becomes. When you start talking about p-branes and quantum immortality and entanglement...Well, it’s just cool is all.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The laws of quantum mechanics treat particles such as the electron as points; that is, they take up no space at all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Perhaps the universe is just a quantum fluctuation on a grand scale—an enormous singular particle that came into existence out of the ultimate vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Black holes are very, very massive, so they are subject to the laws of relativity; at the same time, black holes are very, very tiny, so they are in the domain of quantum mechanics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z On the other hand, the other partial theories depend on quantum mechanics in an essential way. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z An unlikely candidate would turn the quantum hypothesis from a peculiarity to an accepted fact. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Moreover, Einstein refused to believe in the reality of quantum mechanics, despite the important role he had played in its development. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Could quantum me- chanics have an equally dramatic effect on the big bang and big crunch singularities? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The answer is that, in quantum theory, particles can be created out of energy in the form of particle/antiparticle pairs. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z That theory, quantum mechanics, will be described next, before we turn to the efforts to combine the two partial theories into a single quantum theory of gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A black hole is a zero in the equations of general relativity; the energy of the vacuum is a zero in the mathematics of quantum theory. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The answer, quantum theory tells us, is that the particles do not come from within the black hole, but from the “empty” space just outside the black hole’s event horizon! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z What I saw made me think I had just made a quantum leap into another galaxy. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z One is that it should incorporate Feynman’s proposal to formulate quantum theory in terms of a sum over histories. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the quantum mechanical way of looking at the gravitational field, the force between two matter particles is pictured as being carried by a particle of spin 2 called the graviton. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The new theory of quantum mechanics resolved this difficulty. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For the moment, however, we shall turn to the recent attempts to bring together our understanding of the other forces of nature into a single, unified quantum theory. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z So one has to use a quantum theory of gravity to discuss the very early stages of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If her guess about these universes was right, and they were the multiple worlds predicted by quantum theory, then some of them would have split off from her own much earlier than others. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A zero in quantum mechanics means that the entire universe—including the vacuum—is filled with an infinite amount of energy: the zero-point energy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The first was a conversation with the distinguished German quantum physicist Otto Stern, a future Nobel laureate who was stopping at Berkeley during the holiday. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Overbye notes: "Bohr once commented that a person who wasn’t outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn’t understand what had been said." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z To understand the big bang, physicists must marry quantum theory with relativity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Thus all the complicated structures that we see in the universe might be explained by the no boundary condition for the universe together with the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The froth of quantum foam, the spontaneous birth and death of particles, might explain the origin of the cosmos. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When Jesse and I visited the bookstore together, I’d disappear into the science section, lost in books about quantum mechanics and space travel and theories I hardly understood but that fascinated me anyway. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Albert Einstein, a twenty-six-year-old patent clerk, showed the physics world that nature worked in quanta rather than in smooth increments. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “But if the physics-—the quantum physics— suggests that God exists, I’m more than willing to entertain the notion.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The quantum hypothesis violates everything our everyday experience tells us. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Quantum mechanics deals with this situation via a class of quantum theories in which particles don’t have well-defined positions and velocities but are represented by a wave. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z One can therefore ask: does quantum theory allow time travel on a macroscopic scale, which people could use? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In such strong fields the effects of quantum mechanics should be important. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, by Planck’s quantum hypothesis, one cannot use an arbitrarily small amount of light; one has to use at least one quantum. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dirac’s theory was the first of its kind that was consistent with both quantum mechanics and the special theory of relativity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z However, the methods that I and other people were using in 1974 were not able to answer questions such as whether singularities would occur in quantum gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of its oddities, many physicists disliked quantum theory, or at least certain aspects of it, and none more so than Einstein. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z However, a quantum car would behave in exactly this way. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z By the wave/ particle duality of quantum mechanics, light can be regarded as both a wave and a particle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea of radiation from black holes was the first example of a prediction that depended in an essential way on both the great theories of this century, general relativity and quantum mechanics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Worse yet, as physicists discovered the intricacies of quantum mechanics, stranger and stranger things began to appear. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In quantum mechanics, the forces or interactions between matter particles are all supposed to be carried by particles of integer spin—0, 1, or 2. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Physics: nothing beyond the quantum theory of fields. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z In October 1981, I went to Moscow for a conference on quantum gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z One has to use a quantum theory of gravity to understand how the universe began. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics implies that certain pairs of quantities, such as the position and velocity of a particle, cannot both be predicted with complete accuracy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When one tried to unify gravity with quantum mechanics, one had to introduce the idea of “imaginary” time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the weirdest of all is caused by a zero in the equations of quantum mechanics: the zero-point energy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It is what is called a classical theory; that is, it does not take account of the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics, as it should for consistency with other theories. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Their conclusion was that anything one could know about an event taking place at a quantum scale was limited to what one could observe—and this knowledge depended on the means of observation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Again, if we knew how the Euclidean curved space-times in the sum over histories behaved at early times, we would know the quantum state of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The disconcerting lessons of heliocentrism, of evolutionary theory, and of relativity and quantum theory are frequently cited cases in point. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Finally, in 1926, Heisenberg came up with a celebrated compromise, producing a new discipline that came to be known as quantum mechanics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z We were about to enter the quantum age, and the first person to push on the door was the so-far unfortunate Max Planck. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Most other scientists, however, were willing to accept quantum mechanics because it agreed perfectly with experiment. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For every event at the quantum level, the current universe splits into multiple universes. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z This solves all the infinity problems of quantum mechanics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z By this point in his book, Mr. Monk has begun to explain quantum physics and drop the names of the heavyweights. Books of The Times: ‘Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center,’ by Ray Monk 2013-05-27T21:46:27Z The strange implication is that the reality of the quantum world remains amorphous or indefinite until scientists start measuring. What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The play begins as a farce, detours into an alternate reality and concludes with a disquisition on quantum physics. ‘Cancún’: Not your average romp The fact that many Indian nations use blood quantum to determine tribal enrollment is a nuanced issue. Waking from the John Wayne dream: Columbus and Jackson are dead, but America’s war against Indigenous people lives on 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z There's plenty of fodder here to fuel those late-night discussions: for a start, most of the world that surrounds us is actually hidden from our senses and, according to quantum theory, is just plain weird. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-01-17T08:00:01Z Eventually leading to the overthrow of classical Newtonian mechanics and the rise of quantum mechanics. Brian Cox digested: A summary of Thursday's live Q&A session 2011-03-25T17:58:00Z The theory of “quantum gravity,” which is still not fully formulated, describes such a continuous creation of universes with random properties and initial conditions. Benedict Cumberbatch Meets Albert Einstein in Carlo Rovelli’s New Audiobook 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Another yogi talked to me at length over ginger tea about quantum physics, which included the lesson that the pain from holding a pose is only a construct because none of us is real. Unplugging in the Unofficial Capital of Yoga 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z The MacGuffin here is the competition between the United States and China to develop a quantum computer that will crack codes and perform other spy work millions of times faster than conventional machines. Review | For the inside dope on how the CIA works, ‘The Quantum Spy’ can’t be beat 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Instead, the plot that lends these sequences their dramatic stakes is unfortunately assembled from a kit of commonplaces and conveniences, including a very significant mind-melding dream with quantum implications. “Ant-Man and the Wasp” Should Have Been the “Godfather: Part II” of Superhero Movies 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Kylie's slow but steady progress from girl-next-door soap star to credible recording artist took a quantum leap in 1995 when she recorded a murder ballad with Mr Giggles himself, Nick Cave. Call that a change of direction? 2010-07-05T20:31:00Z “Copenhagen” is shorthand for Niels Bohr, whose famous institute there served as unofficial world headquarters for quantum theory beginning in the 1920s. What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z But radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. Anne Lamott shares all that she knows: “Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared” 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z What, after all, have Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit, talk of "quantum teleportation" and a blitz of four-letter words to do with Chekhov's Three Sisters? Best theatre of 2012, No 3: Three Sisters, Young Vic 2012-12-19T17:40:41Z It may help to be familiar with Schrödinger’s cat or quantum decoherence. Summer Movie Release Schedule 2014-05-02T22:02:27Z Krauss, in essence, thinks the laws of quantum field theory ordain the existence of a universe. Q. & A.: Jim Holt on Why the World Exists 2012-07-18T14:09:41Z She quotes Saint Augustine and Stephen Hawking, marveling at the magical behavior of quantum particles that seem to be almost romantically “entangled,” lovers leaping. A Violinist Rethinks Her Devotion to Music, With Emotion and Erudition 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Whether the archaeologists beaming radar into Shakespeare’s grave were able to escape the curse printed above the grave depends on how much you believe in quantum physics. Alas, Poor William Shakespeare. Where Does His Skull Rest? 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The authors themselves are leading the search for a quantum mechanism in genetic mutations, which might be giving evolution itself a helping hand. Nature, the physicist 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z When you do calculations using quantum mechanics, even when you are calculating something perfectly sensible like the energy of an atomic state, you get an answer that is infinite. Steven Weinberg: 'I wanted to be on the in – privy to all the secrets of physics' 2013-03-03T00:05:05Z If you watch real politicians walk into a room, if they shake 100 hands, somehow a small quanta of energy goes from each hand into them. Environmentalist Bill McKibben: ‘Mother Nature is a very powerful educator’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Empty Space and its precursors paint their drama across a canvas reaching from the infinite scale of space-time, down through the quantum universe and into the depths of the human heart. A brave new world: science fiction predictions for 2013 2013-01-03T12:11:44Z A comment made by Scott at a recent junket about the ongoing travails of quantum physicists perhaps offers a frustrating clue. Can you solve the Prometheus puzzle? 2012-06-13T15:44:05Z It is all the more dazzling for its sonorous, often fervent voice-over that mixes genesis narratives from different religions and also quantum physics. Aural Installations Take Over New Museum 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z He profiles and retro-diagnoses likely autists from history, such as Henry Cavendish, who discovered hydrogen, and the quantum physicist Paul Dirac. The man who wants us to embrace autism 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Unusually for this scientifically literate group, Miller conducted postgraduate research, though never finished his PhD in quantum physics. Ignorance by Stuart Firestein; It's Not Rocket Science by Ben Miller – review 2012-07-19T10:00:04Z He added: "There were moments when I wished I'd brushed up beforehand on my quantum physics. And other moments when I simply wished I'd emptied my bladder." Nolan's Interstellar 'a flawed epic' 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z I’m not quite sure what that means, but no one knows what a quantum of solace is, either. Sam Smith’s Song Breaks the Bond Rules 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z This is achieved through the application of the principles of string theory, relativity and quantum mechanics, although don’t ask me to explain precisely how. ‘Constellations,’ With Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, Opens on Broadway 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z And by using tone, timbre and hyper-articulation to freight every syllable with multiple meanings, he keeps bringing us back to that quantum thing. Perspective | Playboi Carti made the album of the year. Playboi Carti made the album of the year. Playboi Carti made the 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z They know you cannot pin him down any more than quantum physicists can pin down the location of an electron. 'Steel Hammer' bangs out a spectacularly inventive social message at UCLA's Royce Hall 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Coming to it fresh, it's a neat story about aforementioned missing cat and time travel, with a smattering of quantum physics and the fundamental connectedness of things. TV review: The House That Made Me; Dirk Gently 2010-12-16T22:00:02Z Here, Ben Miller, who studied quantum physics at Cambridge, attempts to tackle a question that is simple at first glance, but rather more complicated when you think about it: what is one degree of temperature? Tonight's TV highlights: Horizon: What Is One Degree? 2011-01-10T00:04:00Z This is what the authors call Thinking Gardens, and they remind us of Charles Jencks’s Garden of Cosmic Speculation in Scotland, where he used both quantum and cosmic geometries to fashion land art. Marking the gardener’s path through history 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z His latest novel, “The Quantum Spy,” is about the race between the United States and China to build a quantum computer. Library of Congress National Book Festival: Genre Fiction Stage schedule 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Their project quickly drew comparisons to a famous 1996 hoax in which the physicist Alan Sokal got a paper mixing postmodern philosophy with the theory of quantum gravity into a prestigious cultural studies journal. Hoaxers Slip Breastaurants and Dog-Park Sex Into Journals 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Stephen Hawking has written a short, occasionally facetious, but generally reliable and informative history of classical and quantum mechanics. Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z Basically, cineplex audiences don’t like surprises, and the whole point of this film is to up the ante again and again in a series of freaky quantum leaps in the third act. What the F? How Mother! joined the 'bad movie' club 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z For much of the 20th century, when quantum physicists were making giant leaps in solid-state and high-energy physics, few of them bothered much about foundations. What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z In The Theory of Everything, Jane Hawking uses a pea and a potato to explain the difference between quantum theory and general relativity, while her husband’s friends explain Hawking Radiation with beers and crisps. Genius by numbers: why Hollywood maths movies don't add up 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The authors, along with other scholars on the subject, while admitting that it is a contentious matter, assert that policies based on blood quantum are internalized Euro-American fantasies. Waking from the John Wayne dream: Columbus and Jackson are dead, but America’s war against Indigenous people lives on 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z “Picture it: Individual quanta of human attention sold, bit by bit, like so many million shares of General Motors stock, billions of times a day.” What It Is Actually Like to Be in the Engine Room of the Start-Up Economy 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Besides, Keeler added, “Pretendians” often have vague claims to Native identity — so issues like “blood quantum” don’t typically come into play in her work. Sacheen Littlefeather may have lied about her identity. Does that matter? 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z One exhibit displays a series of high-tech experiments in quantum physics including "Entangled Photons: Einstein's spooky action at work". What is art? German fair tests limits 2012-06-08T15:38:49Z Heisenberg's physics were brash and bold, while Schrödinger endeavoured to graft quantum theory onto the familiar machinery of classical physics. David Kaiser's top 10 books about quantum theory 2012-09-26T12:02:55Z "All of a sudden he'll know everything about, like, quantum physics, and you had no idea he was even studying it," she says. Elisabeth Moss: 'How I found my inner tough guy' 2013-07-02T17:12:01Z Every charlatan in the world seems to believe that attaching “quantum” to a word makes it magical and powerful and unquestionable. Is aggression genetic? 2012-05-28T22:00:00Z Mr. Rovelli is a theoretical physicist, one of the founders of loop quantum gravity theory, and he possesses a welcoming prose style. Review: ‘Seven Brief Lessons on Physics’ Is Long on Knowledge 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z The inherent uncertainty embodied in quantum mechanics permits these spontaneous fluctuations—as long as the particles don’t live for more than a fleeting instant, the process violates no laws of physics. Could Higgs Boson spell the end of the universe? 2013-03-26T17:06:00Z It is the quantum of fear that matters. Perspective | The photos of Greece on fire are shocking. But shock doesn’t always lead to change. 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z The complex theme at the center of “PopCo” was cryptography, and in “The End of Mr. Y,” it was quantum physics. Review | In the darkly comic boarding-school world of ‘Oligarchy,’ being thin is everything 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Harvey laughs that despite all the high level quantum calculations, many in the galaxy refuse to acknowledge the truth. ‘Foundation’ based on Asimov’s work thinks big — galaxy big 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Her guilt stems from her thinking not of her steady quantum mechanics professor husband, Brian, but of Wyatt Armstrong, a British Egyptologist whom she hasn’t seen in 15 years. Review | In ‘The Book of Two Ways,’ Jodi Picoult delivers another powerful story about heart-wrenching moral choices 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z In 1900 Freud published “The Interpretation of Dreams,” Ferdinand von Zeppelin’s airship took its first flight, and Max Planck formulated quantum theory. 'The Knick,' a Cinemax Medical Drama Set in 1900 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Just a few years later, physics was upended by the new theories of relativity and quantum physics. Circle in a circle 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The U.S.-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that forward-collision warning systems cut vehicle-to-vehicle crashes by 7 percent - not a quantum leap, but a potential life saver. Making cars safer: have the driver do less 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Even with such a far-fetched scenario, Weir was determined to make the math and particle physics in the novel accurate, down to the quantum level. Andy Weir’s New Space Odyssey 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z They include subtexts about quantum theory and atheism and Calvinism, quotes from Blake and Rilke, and a complicated philosophical frame. “His Dark Materials” fans, rejoice: This new adaptation could actually do Philip Pullman’s novels justice 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Yet the tenets of quantum mechanics suggest the Higgs mass should be unstable, interacting with known particles to grow trillions of times higher. Physics confronts its heart of darkness: Cracks showing in dominant explanation for dark matter 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Woodstock was on a different scale, a few quantum leaps up. Woodstock’s Contradictions, 50 Years Later 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z As recounted in “How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival” by David Kaiser, he helped sponsor a group of young bohemian physicists in successfully proving the practical value of quantum theory. Some Favorite Things Not Hanging on a Wall 2011-12-30T00:11:48Z Perhaps everything exists because of fluctuations in quantum particles, or because an initial zero separated itself into +1 and -1, forming matter and antimatter. ‘Why Does the World Exist?’ by Jim Holt 2012-08-03T22:40:08Z Its creators believe that quantum random numbers are more likely to be influenced by human consciousness than non-quantum random numbers. What Is Randonautica Really About? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Most of quantum mechanics deals with probabilities rather than certainties. What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Can bubbles in the froth of multiple universes interact, perhaps through quantum entanglement, or even coalesce? Our godless brains: Emerging science reveals mind-blowing alternatives to a higher power 2014-04-26T20:00:00Z For a long time, the world looked upon quantum physicists with a kind of bemused affection. Is computing speed set to make a quantum leap? 2013-05-18T21:00:03Z Lyonne has used the intriguing phrase “quantum consequences” to describe exactly how the day-to-day toll of addiction manifests in Russian Doll. Stuck on repeat: what is Netflix’s Russian Doll actually about? 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z If, like me, you’ve chased your children through the countless pages and eight films that chronicle Harry’s adventures, this qualifies as another quantum leap in the theme-park universe. Hogwarts, West Coast edition: New Harry Potter theme park set to open in California 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z In just 88 pages, he explores mind-bending topics in physics, like gravitational waves, the heat of black holes and quantum gravity. 12 New Books We’re Reading This Summer (and 6 Not So New) 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z You are up again, even faster—adrenalin expands all fuzzy and quantum—but you are hit to the ground, hard, again. Broken collarbone? Just roll with it 2013-06-02T17:00:00Z The book suggests that a molecule in birds’ eyes might be the site of a quantum effect that permits them to “see” a magnetic field and thereby to navigate. Nature, the physicist 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z But for now this technique is much more likely to assist in quantum computing than relieving idiots of their appendages. From hoverboards to lightsabers: five film inventions in the works 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The dawn of quantum mechanics revolutionised physicists’ understanding of the very small, but the theory’s conclusions were so counterintuitive that Einstein was never able to reconcile himself with them. The uncanny physics of empty space 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z “Even the most ordinary of activities, those that make up our morning routine, are fundamentally quantum,” he reminds us. From Black Holes to Breakfast, Three Books Show How Einstein’s Legacy Lives On 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Either way, the quantum telescope is set on far horizons. Nature, the physicist 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Her husband, a quantum chemist — they have no children together, though he has two grown sons from a previous marriage — stays out of the limelight. ‘The Chancellor’ Portrays Angela Merkel as a Droll Source of Sanity in a Mad World 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z To many, the notion that Indian blood pumps through them, irrespective of quantum or degree, is a birthright. Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation 2013-05-21T22:15:00Z Buildings, people and vast areas of land are now prone to exist in something like quantum superposition: now you see them, now you don't. The Adjacent by Christopher Priest – review 2013-06-26T09:56:10Z Yet Psycho gave Hitchcock a quantum leap to further greatness. My favourite Hitchcock: Psycho 2012-07-23T10:57:21Z This field is called quantum foundations, which is inadvertently ironic, because the point is that precisely where you would expect foundations you instead find quicksand. What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z I could have easily watched two hours of this even if I only understand about 90% of quantum electrodynamics, if I'm honest. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher; The Fantastic Mr Feynman – TV review 2013-05-13T06:00:25Z It was simply based on the quantum theory idea, that the earth is one of an immeasurable number of earths, each one differing by one electron. Terry Pratchett enters parallel worlds of science fiction 2010-06-16T13:51:00Z He deconstructs Shakespeare, throws in references to philosophy and quantum physics, raps against religious hypocrisy and undercuts himself and his audience's expectations at every turn. Edinburgh fringe comedy roundup 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z In the 1965 novel “Dune,” the hero used a psychedelic drug to upgrade his consciousness; by contrast, in last year’s “Transcendence,” Johnny Depp uploaded himself into a quantum computer. Sympathetic Sci-Fi 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z The “many-worlds” theories are just an attempt to explain the strange and counterintuitive nature of quantum mechanics; and there’s something attractive about it. ‘Devs’: How the Universe Brought Alex Garland and Nick Offerman Together 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Everyone knows the information in this photograph would be as hard to explain in words as quantum mechanics itself, but our urge to see a picture is irresistible. Higgs boson: the human urge to visualise the particle is irresistible 2012-07-06T13:00:02Z I really honor the essence that permeates all the great faiths, including the faith of quantum mechanics. ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Has a New Satine. She’s Amazed She’s Back on Broadway. 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Standards would rise and formerly illiterate brats in key stage II would relax after double quantum physics by dancing around the maypole singing settings of Horace’s verse in Latin, just like in Michael Gove’s dreams. Why too much choice is stressing us out 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Thus was born the idea of the "quantum computer". Is computing speed set to make a quantum leap? 2013-05-18T21:00:03Z So to see Shakespeare is to give him a quantum tickle. Alas, Poor William Shakespeare. Where Does His Skull Rest? 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z “The top quark strongly affects the vacuum by its quantum fluctuations because it is so heavy,” Allanach says. Could Higgs Boson spell the end of the universe? 2013-03-26T17:06:00Z What the critics say: "Despite its title, The Theory of Everything is less about astrophysics and more about the quantum mechanics of human relationships under pressure." Oscars 2015: Best picture nominees 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z When scientists search for meaning in quantum physics, they may be straying into a no-man’s-land between philosophy and religion. What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Presently, besides the above, it’s digital personal assistants, consciousness, street cop lives, updates on the quanta, alternate reality games, film tech and theory, killer drones and time. Robert Coover: By the Book 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Maybe he's trying to take in the nuances of quantum field theory, or maybe someone's just showing him where milk comes from. Abduction ? Taylor Lautner gets shirty 2011-08-17T08:46:55Z Two others fuse together across a great distance, much in the way particles do in the actual phenomenon of quantum entanglement. The Science (and the Scientists) Behind ‘Ant-Man’ 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The intertwined works explore arcane scientific and metaphysical fields of study that McCarthy had long been obsessed with: quantum physics, the philosophy of mathematics and theories about the nature of consciousness. A Guide to Cormac McCarthy’s Books 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Maybe it’s because Erik Jendresen’s screenplay is so enraptured with its own in jokes about quantum physics that everything has to be announced. | 'The Big Bang': A Taste for Psychedelics and the God Particle 2011-05-12T23:22:16Z Also on display are scientific projects by a quantum physicist and a geneticist, and an anger-management workshop, courtesy of an Australian artist, that you can sign up for. Art Review: Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany 2012-06-14T21:44:01Z “The question here is really an unlitigated question, which is what is the minimum quantum necessary for a choreographic work?” said David Nimmer, an expert in copyright law. A Real-World Battle Over Dancing Avatars: Did Fortnite Steal the Floss? 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z But at an Upper East Side bar recently, her conversation veered toward Homer’s “Iliad,” the Shroud of Turin and quantum physics. Megan Fox on Becoming a Real-Life Indiana Jones 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Does anyone in the real world actually talk about "the financial quantum"? How did Murdoch and company perform on the world stage? 2011-07-20T11:29:00Z “In quantum gravity we are finding more and more examples where there is this feature which you may call rainbow gravity. It is something that is increasingly compelling.” In a “rainbow” universe, time may have no beginning 2013-12-10T07:15:00Z Because not only is that Marianne’s specialty, but the play is told in string theory; the very structure of the play is quantum mechanics. Allen Leech and Ginnifer Goodwin on shifting to the stage, and the mind-bend that is 'Constellations' 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z At its heart is the idea of a quantum bit or qubit. Is computing speed set to make a quantum leap? 2013-05-18T21:00:03Z No matter how likable he is, you may, for example, get tired of seeing his duplicates pop up over and over again in scenes to demonstrate one quantum paradox or another. Television Review: ?The Fabric of the Cosmos? on PBS?s ?Nova? - Review 2011-11-01T22:43:25Z “There is no quantum physics here,” said Dr. Rogers, a founder of the Global Disinformation Index. What Is Randonautica Really About? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Between now and September he will collaborate on a book on quantum mechanics and start filming a five-part BBC TV series called The Wonders of Life. Brian Cox: Physics is better than rock'n'roll 2011-03-24T08:01:00Z This situation would normally not pose a problem, as you couldn’t travel between valleys—except in quantum mechanics, which allows particles to tunnel through hills unpredictably. Could Higgs Boson spell the end of the universe? 2013-03-26T17:06:00Z Eventually Ephraim and his friends find a scientific explanation for this involving quantum physics and Everett's Many-worlds Theory, which postulates that every decision point in the history of our universe creates additional realities. Sci-fi authors Hopkinson, Miéville and others blur lines of kid, adult appeal 2012-08-01T19:30:08Z Her sprawling philosophy touches on God, quantum physics and the quasi-mystical power of thought to affect the nature of reality. Marianne Williamson’s fans made her the ‘orb queen’ of the 2020 campaign 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Weir has made a name for himself among hard-core sci-fi fans for his dizzyingly detailed explanations of the quantum physics, chemistry, engineering, aerodynamics and rocket science underpinning the plots in his novels. Andy Weir’s New Space Odyssey 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z The record hits shelves on Jan. 21 and may just prove a quantum leap forward for thoughtful punk. Pop & Rock Listings for Jan. 3-9 2014-01-02T23:10:30Z Mr. Holt hashes through arguments about quantum physics and string theory. Books of The Times: ‘Why Does the World Exist?’ by Jim Holt 2012-08-02T18:37:46Z Clearly, even then the quantum physicist harbored literary ambitions. Freeman Dyson’s Life, Through His Letters 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Within them may be the longest-sought link in physics, that between gravity and quantum mechanics. Black and light 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Competing approaches to quantum foundations are called “interpretations,” and nowadays there are many. What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Indeed, Heisenberg said that quantum particles “are not as real; they form a world of potentialities or possibilities rather than one of things or facts.” What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z It was a quantum leap for me and I felt part of a real world. Cornelia Parker: 'I've always been happy to sleep with the enemy' 2013-05-18T09:00:02Z I loved Ben Miller waxing lyrical about quantum physics – he wouldn't be allowed to do that on The One Show. QI: after 10 series still rather more than quite interesting 2012-09-28T10:30:00Z "So I've amassed a lot of knowledge on quantum physics and American history." A life in writing: Ray Monk 2012-11-09T22:55:03Z They also suggest photographs of deep space, early computer screens, quantum mechanics, fractal geometry and topographical maps — a reflection of the artist’s deep interest in technology and science. Jack Whitten’s ‘Lost Chapter,’ Now at Dia:Beacon 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Whittling down my favorites to a mere Top Ten was an insurmountable challenge—and there were still so many I didn’t get to, all of them floating in that literary quantum state of potential perfection. The Best Cookbooks of 2019 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z JN: The chapters I found hardest-going were the ones on randomness and particle physics – though I was much cheered up to discover that the great Richard Feynman said that nobody understands quantum mechanics. James Gleick: 'Information poses as many challenges as opportunities' 2011-04-09T23:05:59Z “This doesn’t matter to me,” she seethed after we’d watched a video on quantum mechanics. The gig economy goes to class 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Watching “I’m Not Here” doesn’t bring it to life as a movie, any more than the screenplay’s allusions to quantum entanglement add novelty to its fragmentary structure or its hollow insights about regret. ‘I’m Not Here’ Review: J.K. Simmons Stars in a Superficial Study of Regret 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z From one point of view, quantum physics is just a set of formalisms, a useful tool kit. What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z He talks about quantum mechanics, the poetry of Rimbaud, the aphorisms of Heraclitus, among other things, as being important for the cycle. A Guide to James Dillon's music 2013-02-04T15:50:00Z In principle, therefore, quantum computers should run much faster than conventional, silicon-based ones, at least in calculations where parallel processing is helpful. Is computing speed set to make a quantum leap? 2013-05-18T21:00:03Z For mind-bending paradoxes, it’s hard to beat quantum physics, the subject of the final selection, “Touchdown,” a solo by the Taiwanese mathematician-turned-choreographer Hao Cheng. Review: Reveling in Live Dance at Japan Society 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z One of the first popular books to tackle quantum entanglement, this clear and witty account doesn't shy away from the philosophical stakes. David Kaiser's top 10 books about quantum theory 2012-09-26T12:02:55Z And beating the Chinese in the quantum computer race is “like completing the Manhattan Project and catching the Rosenbergs, all at once.” Review | For the inside dope on how the CIA works, ‘The Quantum Spy’ can’t be beat 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z How will time travel and the quantum realm be used, and to what degree of success? Who? What? How? Hulk! – addressing the Avengers: Endgame theories 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z You will not find a scientist who will say, “quantum physics is true for me.” 15 ways atheists can stand up for rationality 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z In fact, this is a cheerfully colour-blind film, in which those who happen to be black or female discuss quantum physics without reference to race or gender. Ridley Scott on making blockbusters: ‘It is bloody brain surgery!’ 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z He's a postdoctoral research associate at the cool-sounding Ultrafast Group at Oxford's physics department and is currently researching the field of quantum memories. The Saturday interview: Janet Suzman 2011-08-19T23:10:48Z Performances, talks and events will focus on topics like quantum theory and harmonic resonance, ideas for a free currency, and hypnotic audiovisual experiences. In Transit: At London Show, Art Meets Science 2011-02-02T11:00:41Z Because everything is built from atoms, we cannot avoid talking about the rules that govern them – quantum mechanics. Mark Miodownik: an obsession with materials 2013-05-24T15:53:00Z But many require a “blood quantum” — that is, a minimum amount of “Indian blood.” Sacheen Littlefeather may have lied about her identity. Does that matter? 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z “Figuring out what quantum physics is saying about the world has been hard,” Becker says, and this understatement motivates his book, a thorough, illuminating exploration of the most consequential controversy raging in modern science. What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z His last novel, “The Quantum Spy,” is about the race between the United States and China to build a quantum computer. Library of Congress National Book Festival: History Stage schedule 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Now, in the latest quantum leap, those alternative outlets are converging with the TV for a multi-screen experience. TV's double vision, when 1 screen isn't enough 2012-05-03T16:43:08Z This life of quantum architect Werner Heisenberg captures the sweep and drama of his early years. David Kaiser's top 10 books about quantum theory 2012-09-26T12:02:55Z According to Sadeghi, the lesson of quantum physics is that physical matter does not exist, and that "everything is just energy in different states of vibration". Gwyneth Paltrow explains why water just doesn't like bad vibes 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z At least until we catch up with "Interstellar's" quantum physics. In movies such as 'Boyhood' and 'Interstellar,' time is of the essence 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Yet a growing body of experimental evidence suggests that quantum oddities may really be responsible for many of life’s engineering successes. Nature, the physicist 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z This may be a part of a quantum theory of gravity. Brian Cox digested: A summary of Thursday's live Q&A session 2011-03-25T17:58:00Z With splendid breadth and depth, the novel treats readers to an era’s worth of historical reverberations, from romance to women’s suffrage to psychics to quantum mechanics. Notable fiction books of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z “Some Natives don’t have enough ‘Indian blood’ to register because of blood quantum minimums. Sacheen Littlefeather and the Question of Native Identity 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z To demonstrate your intelligence, please explain Planck’s constant and how it relates to quantum mechanics. Gene Weingarten: When Trump plays the Trump card 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Although Stein looks like “a macrobiotic fitness freak on cucumber water,” he’s a fabulously wealthy scientist who is trying to imagine how quantum leaps in AI will transform society. Review | In ‘Frankissstein,’ Jeanette Winterson brings something zany and intellectual ALIVE! 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z The plot of this novel is kick-started by quantum physics — namely, the principle of the wave-particle duality of light. New Books From Louisa Hall, Christian Kracht, Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Others 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z At first look, though, the creepiest aspect of "Devs" is the gigantic statue of a little girl lording over the corporate campus of a quantum computing company called Amaya. "Devs" is Alex Garland's aesthetically mesmerizing and engrossing modern horror story 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z A wunderkind who received his doctorate at 22, Heisenberg introduced his version of quantum mechanics just two years later and followed up soon after that with the famous uncertainty principle. David Kaiser's top 10 books about quantum theory 2012-09-26T12:02:55Z And neither is Beauregard’s feeble insistence that the universe possesses quantum consciousness, that psychic powers represent quantum phenomena, or that there is an infinitely loving Cosmic Intelligence. Is aggression genetic? 2012-05-28T22:00:00Z Pasha called that "a quantum leap from where the show started." Still painful, Sept 11 has few rewards for Hollywood 2011-09-07T05:09:26Z Closer was a quantum leap from Unknown Pleasures, and sounded unlike anything else. My favourite album: Closer by Joy Division 2011-08-18T10:29:33Z As Murphy's Oppenheimer tells his Berkeley students about the occasionally contradictory nature of quantum mechanics, "It's paradoxical, but it works." We did Barbenheimer, the "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" double feature. You should too 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z “Revolution,” which Sebring financed through his fashion photography for such companies as M.A.C. and Coach, is a technical quantum leap from his previous film project, the excellent but conventional Patti Smith documentary “Dream of Life.” | Steven Sebring’s Fourth-Dimensional Perspective 2013-05-21T20:08:23Z I take the view that we all have permission to be a little baffled by quantum information science and algorithmic information theory. James Gleick: 'Information poses as many challenges as opportunities' 2011-04-09T23:05:59Z This is analogous in Dr. Alexander’s eyes to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, which states that the more one knows about the position of a quantum particle, the less one can know about where it’s going. Review: As Goes Music, So Goes the Universe 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z In 1998, Chopra was awarded the satirical Ig Nobel Prize for “his unique interpretation of quantum physics as it applies to life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic happiness.” Deepak Chopra Has Never Been Sick 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Especially not if it’s a quantum computer, because by observing the quantum states of particles, you change them. ‘Westworld’ and ‘Devs’ Asked Big Questions. A Physicist Responds. 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Blood quantum requirements can carve up bloodlines, leaving members of the same family on the outside of tribal citizenship — including her own. Sacheen Littlefeather may have lied about her identity. Does that matter? 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Cézanne got there first, then the abstract painters pushed still further: Kandinsky and Miró point towards the profound realities of quantum physics as these gradually emerged after the first world war. Want to imagine what the Higgs boson might look like? Embrace modern art 2011-07-27T15:31:36Z In this digital twist on the Astro Cat book series by the quantum device physicist Dominic Walliman, players explore outer space through fun facts, animation and quizzes. Travel Apps and Games for Children on the Go 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z "If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet," ran one of his remarks. Want to imagine what the Higgs boson might look like? Embrace modern art 2011-07-27T15:31:36Z It would take a more heavily illustrated book to weigh the pros and cons of Buck’s most daring moves, like using quantum physics as the theme for an entire issue of Vogue. Review: In Joan Juliet Buck’s Memoir, a Parade of Stars and Styles 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The Many Worlds theory of quantum mechanics, which says that there’s not one but many universes and that they’re constantly splitting off into new ones, plays a big role on “Devs.” ‘Westworld’ and ‘Devs’ Asked Big Questions. A Physicist Responds. 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Martinez, 59, has a rugged face and sleeve tattoos, which give him the aspect of road-weary rocker, one who, in casual conversation might drop references to French philosophy and quantum physics. Daniel Joseph Martinez offers a front-row seat to a famous artistic murder -- starring himself 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z In the year after his death, Turing wrote an essay in which he discussed how the soul might survive after death with a nod to the new field of quantum mechanics. The True Story of The Imitation Game 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z As if some kind of quantum sci-fi futuristic wormhole phenomenon is the only logical explanation. Photography From the Year Time Stopped 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z With regard to this issue, it is interesting to note that quantum physicists increasingly recognize the mental nature of the universe. Is aggression genetic? 2012-05-28T22:00:00Z We did the Infinite Monkey Cage radio show – 4,000 people in a tent talking about quantum cosmology. 'My bus smells of wee!' Celebrities on their Glastonbury 2013 experience 2013-06-30T15:42:59Z These narrators appear to be doubles of their authors but are not specifically identified as such, and the anonymity keeps the books in a state of quantum superposition between memoir and fiction. The Rise of the Nameless Narrator 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z If it were possible to calculate a quantum of misery, then black America would surely come out on top. Tiger ancestors 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Gilfry said it’s “on a whole other level, a quantum leap from his other writing.” A Young Composer Takes On Opera’s Oldest Myth 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Using his morning routine as an example, Orzel sets out to show the reader how quantum physics is a part of our everyday lives, and he largely succeeds in this informative and friendly book. From Black Holes to Breakfast, Three Books Show How Einstein’s Legacy Lives On 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z “Her ideas were quantum leaps of the technology at the time.” Martine Rothblatt: She founded SiriusXM, a religion and a biotech. For starters. 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The truly shocking information the card carried was my Indian blood quantum. I am not Pocahontas 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z "I'm no physicist, but I think quantum physics sort of supports that," Gordon-Levitt said. Toronto film fest opens with time-travel action 2012-09-06T15:35:08Z Data informs him that yes, he is dead, but they're both inside of a massively complex quantum simulation – quite different from Picard's premonitory dreams at the open of the season. In these darkest of times "Star Trek: Picard" is a humane light from a distant, possible future 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The subsequent answers led to the body of equations called quantum mechanics. Science doesn’t know everything 2013-06-02T18:00:00Z Some elements of Rovelli’s narrative, like the material on light cones and loop quantum gravity and spin networks, many readers will find incomprehensible. Benedict Cumberbatch Meets Albert Einstein in Carlo Rovelli’s New Audiobook 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z And yet, he went on, our iPhones, televisions and most of the other gadgets of modern society would not work without quantum mechanics. The World Science Festival Arrives in New York 2012-05-24T22:01:03Z But scientists are finding more and more uses for it in nuclear energy, television, computers, quantum computing and medical screening equipment. Listen up, Marco Rubio!: Science lessons for the tea party 2012-11-25T19:00:00Z A Black quantum futurism can be shared with your neighbors and friends, and the only requirement is a heart and a brain, and the only question is tomorrow, the shape of jazz to come. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ornette Coleman 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z As a writer, you have to think—am I capable of this quantum leap of the imagination? What Old Age Is Really Like 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z And although Faraday arrives fully grown and with deep knowledge of quantum physics, he is also a baby in Earthly terms. Chiwetel Ejiofor Was Asked to Play a Space Alien. He Knew What to Do. 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The two principal creators of quantum mechanics, Werner Heisenberg and Erwin Schrödinger, present studies in contrast. David Kaiser's top 10 books about quantum theory 2012-09-26T12:02:55Z In his memoir, Nerd Do Well, he calls it his theory of quantum attraction. Losers in love 2011-02-05T00:03:33Z Scholar and author Scott Richard Lyons has called the blood quantum method of determining citizenship “dubious racial geometry.” Waking from the John Wayne dream: Columbus and Jackson are dead, but America’s war against Indigenous people lives on 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z But four years ago, she became an ambassador for Touch Bionics and was given the i-limb quantum, an advanced prosthetic arm that moves according to her muscle movements, just as a hand would. Meet The Bionic Model Who Walked In New York Fashion Week 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z The resulting quantum portrait feels both true and dazzlingly unfamiliar. The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Imagined Through His Collisions With Others 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z For decades, the novelist Cormac McCarthy has steeped himself in esoteric subjects like quantum physics, the philosophy of mathematics and theories about the origins of intelligence and the nature of consciousness. In His New Books, Cormac McCarthy Gets Real 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z At the same time, Einstein defined a new entity: a particle of light, the “light quantum,” now called the photon. What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Maybe, in the quantum state of low-budget mind-melter cinema, she can be both! “Snow White and the Huntsman”: A would-be fantasy classic 2012-05-30T23:00:00Z If her latest role takes her outside the Burton orbit, it's a stone's throw as opposed to a quantum leap. Helena Bonham Carter on 'witty' David Cameron, 'weirdo' Lars von Trier and why Tim Burton won't watch a romcom 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Rather, it would be composed of what Rovelli calls “elementary grains” or “quanta of space.” Searching for What Connects Us, Carlo Rovelli Explores Beyond Physics 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z We take the word of the CIA director that quantum computing “is a paradigm shift. It’s like Galileo and Newton.” Review | For the inside dope on how the CIA works, ‘The Quantum Spy’ can’t be beat 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z The question is: What is your relationship with nature, and, at the quantum level, with yourself?” Simon McBurney Attempts to Grasp Time 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z His explanation for this purported power of the mind to exist independently of any physical substrate is, unfortunately and predictably, quantum mechanics. Is aggression genetic? 2012-05-28T22:00:00Z Choreography may not be quite as perplexing as quantum mechanics, but it is a mysterious art. Review: ‘Atomic Orbital’ and ‘Midway Avenue,’ Examining Electrons and Memories 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Since Ant-Man, in the earlier film, proved able to both enter the “quantum realm” and exit it safely, they need him for a mission to bring Janet back. “Ant-Man and the Wasp” Should Have Been the “Godfather: Part II” of Superhero Movies 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z It has been a magnificent performance, and yet the evidence of his recent quantum leap suggests that the best of Plan B is yet to come. Plan B 2010-10-11T20:31:00Z "I Am Radar" is packed full of diagrams and science — ideas from quantum physics, theories both fringe and mainstream. Reif Larsen's 'I Am Radar' transmits narrative magic 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Demonstrating the structure to publishers, Pears explained that the novel was inspired by quantum physics, and written in "nodes" which had been mapped on to a graph constructed after consultation with an Oxford mathematics professor. Next-generation ebooks introduced at London Book Fair 2013-04-17T10:55:36Z A somewhat light-hearted version of this is that the two worlds just coexist, and Ant-Man creates a quantum tunnel that allows them to communicate with each other. Who? What? How? Hulk! – addressing the Avengers: Endgame theories 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z In his introduction, Logan says that the pairings are connected by “theme or subject, linked by the ‘spooky action at a distance’ quantum physicists adore.” Poetry’s Hanging Judge Tries On a Detective Hat 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Indeed, the book is largely dedicated to revealing that the quantum is ordinary, that there is magic in the mundane. From Black Holes to Breakfast, Three Books Show How Einstein’s Legacy Lives On 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. Kate McKinnon on ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘S.N.L.’ and Hillary Clinton 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z And by 2035 we will be talking about the coming of quantum computing, which will take us beyond the world of binary, digital computing, on and off, black and white, 0s and 1s. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z And fancy you’re understanding them in the way you understand string theory when you read an article on quantum physics. Don’t Talk Too Much: Tony Kushner on an Operatic ‘Angels in America’ 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z To practical ends, quantum computers are being designed to prove theories far stranger than fiction, involving multiple universes and communication between molecules anywhere across space. Mexican marvels: DBC Pierre and the axolotls 2012-06-20T22:22:00Z Told through a series of magic-infused lessons on how to unlock one’s own quantum wizard — “a wizard with unresolved rage will keep unleashing terror” — the book reads like a training manual for a superhero. In Hollywood, Stories About People of Color Are Still Rare. These Y.A. Fantasy Novels Pick Up the Slack. 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z But in 2007 scientists who were trying to understand how plants gather the sun’s energy so efficiently stumbled across something strange: that energy was sloshing around in what are called quantum coherences. Nature, the physicist 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Great news for anyone who found Interstellar’s quantum physics bookshelf banjo finale a bit wooly. The Martian: Matt Damon gets spaced out in Ridley Scott's isolation thriller 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z These include the photon, Einstein’s quantum of light, which is the boson for electromagnetism. Listen up, Marco Rubio!: Science lessons for the tea party 2012-11-25T19:00:00Z Because a quantum of something is the smallest possible amount. Style Invitational: We beg you to differ — it’s our compare/contrast contest 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Nothing is definite in Bohr’s quantum world until someone observes it. What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z A contested theory in quantum mechanics is that of the observer effect, how the very act of surveying a particular system might change its state. Review: In ‘Quantum Joy,’ Observing the Unreliable Nature of Reality 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Because even in its gorgeous, heart-swelling final scene, “Russian Doll” still doesn’t expressly reveal what it’s about, but it does trade upon a very straightforward premise beneath all its mind-trips over timelines and quantum theory. Tardy to the "Russian Doll" party? Welcome, sweet birthday babies! 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Deutsch weaves together concepts from the theory of computation, quantum mechanics and Karl Popper's epistemology to make something entirely new. Charles Yu's top 10 time travel books 2010-10-20T09:29:00Z Never mind that most of us will find little practical use for information on quantum mechanics, the military stratagems of World War II or the private lives of British aristocrats. Can you identify? 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z The pilots, which included an interview with a leading quantum physicist and academics debating the ethics of WikiLeaks, suggest an inspired mix of Question Time, Game For A Laugh and Think Of A Number. Channel 4's 10 O'Clock Live: where satire becomes serious, and politicians can keep their credibility 2011-01-17T07:00:05Z Radically self-contained, Salander is never more herself than when she’s alone, working on mathematical problems such as “loop quantum gravity theory.” Lisbeth Salander is back in ‘The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye’ 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z As Niels Bohr, a Danish physicist, said: “If quantum physics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.” Circle in a circle 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics states that every possible outcome to every decision ever made will each happen, and each outcome exists in its own parallel universe. Angel Has Fallen: is Gerard Butler Hollywood's weirdest action hero? 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z They wanted to paint and dance and sing, and write poetry, music, novels and quantum theory, and become dentists and all the other brilliant things about being human. Ask a grown-up: why did we change from apes to people? 2013-06-01T06:00:16Z This is a serious introduction to quantum physics and the history of its initial development, disguised under hot tea and toast. From Black Holes to Breakfast, Three Books Show How Einstein’s Legacy Lives On 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z In 1920s Germany, he learns quantum physics; the next decade he’s at Berkeley teaching, bouncing off other young geniuses and building a center for the study of quantum physics. ‘Oppenheimer’ Review: A Man for Our Time 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z It speaks of years spent orbiting Bowie's legacy, drifting on the dark side of the Duke before taking a quantum leap into Wayne Coyne's shoes. Putting the world's music blogs on the MAP 2010-10-15T11:52:00Z “Some people use them all up really quickly, and then they can continue to get high, but there will be consequences. So there are quantum consequences for each time they use up their allotted runs.” Stuck on repeat: what is Netflix’s Russian Doll actually about? 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z In conversation, Marin often launches into celestial metaphors to describe “Black Imagination,” invoking the likes of stars and quantum entanglement to explain the power of Black artistry and experience. Seattle artist Natasha Marin’s ‘Black Imagination’ treats Black voices as boundless treasures 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z He explained that this multiplicity extends in quantum mechanics to everything: "There's certainly a version of this conversation where the weather's better." Radio review: Schr?dinger's Quantum Kittens 2010-12-30T07:59:01Z Or better understand jazz for having compared it to quantum physics? Review: As Goes Music, So Goes the Universe 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Randonautica throws big words like “quantum” and “entropy” around a lot. What Is Randonautica Really About? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Amaya, his quantum computing company, is being investigated by engineer Lily Chan, who believes it is responsible for the disappearance of her boyfriend. Nick Offerman: 'Trump is about to be presented with a gory butcher's bill' 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Any movie based on comic book has the right — even the obligation — to play fast and loose with mortality, whether by way of supernatural powers, time travel or the quantum physics of brand extension. Perspective | In an era of never-ending stories, ‘Avengers: Endgame’ is teaching us how to say goodbye 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z There’s nothing about what the “Devs” computer was doing that was especially quantum — it just sounds cool. ‘Westworld’ and ‘Devs’ Asked Big Questions. A Physicist Responds. 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z The Big Idea, suggested by quantum physics, is that all possible lives, past, present and future, exist at once and sometimes cross, allowing sensations from one to seep into the others. Review: Self, Meet Your Future, in ‘A Parallelogram’ 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Having finally disrupted the curse, though, she returned earlier this month to once again defy psycho killers and quantum physics. The cosmic joke's on her: The antiheroine's journey through a cursed universe 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Enrollment typically requires proof of tribal ties, often described in terms of one’s percentage of “Indian blood,” or “blood quantum.” Sacheen Littlefeather and the Question of Native Identity 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z The chapters shift between the real world of the courtroom and the alternate universe of quantum physics. David Walton’s ‘Superposition’: When physics collides with sci-fi 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z It’s true that “Constellations” makes fluent and casual use of the notions of string theory, quantum cosmological modeling and general relativity, among others. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Big Ideas in Small Spaces 2012-01-31T16:09:34Z Books about the God wars are easier to argue about than those that parse the finer points of quantum physics. Books of The Times: Many Kinds of Universes, and None Require God 2010-09-07T17:30:00Z The menu ranges from specialties like the Vader, composed of Mexican Coke, vanilla and quantum espresso, to muffins and breakfast sandwiches made by Baker Miller, a local bakery. Five Places to Go in Chicago 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z As the plot swings between slightly overbearing teen angst and extrapolations into quantum physics — itself an extended metaphor for the angst-inducing, open-ended possibilities of adolescence — the art in-jokes feel like a concession to adult aesthetes. When Spider-Man Met Jeff Koons 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z The commissions are not light on intellectual input, however, with Nitin Sawhney researching calculus and quantum physics for his Entanglement, the "shot" based on a pregnancy test. Classics to share Royal Opera House stage with experimental works 2010-05-02T14:29:00Z She expounds on something called the “quantum multiverse,” where “every choice, every decision you’ve ever and never made exists in an unimaginably vast ensemble of parallel universes.” Cold Weather, Hot Shows: 'Honeymoon in Vegas' and 'Constellations' 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z So quantum physics — quite unlike any other realm of science — has acquired its own metaphysics, a shadow discipline tagging along like the tail of a comet. What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The Big Bang Theory, which has notched up five seasons, revolves around a quartet of genius-level scientists, full-blown nerds who are more comfortable with quantum theories than social situations. Your next box set: The Big Bang Theory 2012-08-02T15:30:02Z Bandt points out that Australian researchers have been behind “some amazing breakthroughs, such as the flu jab, the quantum bit, blast glass, and Wi-Fi… and the black box flight recorder.” Australia’s relentless war on science 2014-04-24T12:30:00Z Mr. Voss’s metaphors pile up helplessly: Finance is like being in the army, like catching a virus and as hard to grasp as quantum particles. ‘Master of the Universe,’ a Documentary About Stock Trading 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z And yet … As events unfold, it seems possible that some sort of strange quantum of health and sickness is in force. Film review: Lourdes 2010-03-25T22:25:00Z A funeral buffet, in Mr. Foer’s hands, is a lesson in the quantum physics of solace: “Impossibly dense kugels bent light and time around them.” ‘Here I Am,’ Jonathan Safran Foer’s Tale of a Fracturing Family 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z "The ruling today on quantum is a good result in light of Larrikin's 'excessive, overreaching and unrealistic' claim" for a higher cut of the profits, Bamford said in a statement. Band penalized for copied riff in 'Down Under' hit 2010-07-06T14:11:00Z Perhaps the best way to think about the state of popularity is like a kind of quantum element: Both static and in perpetual flux. What Was, Is and Will Be Popular 2013-09-06T22:52:30Z Landau worked with pioneering quantum physicists such as Niels Bohr, had a hand in the Soviet atomic weapons programme, and won a Nobel prize in 1962. Inside Dau, the 'Stalinist Truman Show': 'I had absolute freedom – until the KGB grabbed me' 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z The mathematician John von Neumann was an undeniable genius whose many accomplishments included an essential role in the development of quantum mechanics, computing and the atom bomb. ‘The Man From the Future’ Recounts the Life of a Restless Genius 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z He seems just as happy talking about quantum physics and ancient Mesopotamian gods as he is riffing on “The Karate Kid.” Now Damien Echols Will Teach You the Secrets of Magick 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z When someone boasts of making a “quantum leap” in a project, I always say, “Well, keep trying.” Style Invitational: We beg you to differ — it’s our compare/contrast contest 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z And after the apples comes a room of hi-tech devices, working experiments devised by quantum physicist Anton Zeilinger and the physics faculty at the University of Vienna. Documenta 13: Mysteries in the mountain of mud 2012-06-11T17:53:51Z In one recent session Ben Lillie, a physics Ph.D., nervously explained how quantum theory always intrudes on the mundane tasks of his day. Getting a Little Help to Go Out All Alone 2010-02-26T05:21:00Z Andrea Brunello, a professional actor with a PhD in theoretical physics, has written and stars in , which he describes as a real quantum mechanics lecture with a dramatic twist. Scientists invade Edinburgh Fringe 2013-08-05T06:56:50Z In questioning how we can make a moral judgment about anyone without some knowledge of their intentions, Frayn’s play maps the quantum uncertainty principle to the heart of human nature. Piecing together a mysterious wartime meeting in Rubicon's 'Copenhagen' 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z His topics, illustrated by realistic images and abstract structures, include U.F.O.’s, time travel, alchemy, the mind-body problem, utopia, relativity and quantum theories, and science-fiction movies like “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” Art in Review: Paul Laffoley: ‘The Boston Visionary Cell’ 2013-01-17T22:45:06Z There’s a forklift operator who spends his free time building cities on a cellphone game; a custodian with some decent pipes; a flirty bread maker interested in quantum physics. ‘My Darling Supermarket’ Review: Cosmic Tales From the Checkout Lane 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Kir is brought on board because her brain is the home of Altair, a quantum artificial intelligence implanted in her when she was a child. These dystopian science fiction stories show us all the ways the world can end 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z By the time Poliakoff's story opens in 1932, British audiences would have known of America's quantum leap into jazz for 15 years or more. Dancing on the Edge: what was life really like for black jazz bands in 1930s Britain? 2013-02-04T17:46:28Z In “2312,” humanity has spread throughout the solar system with the help of a new kind of economy—a “mondragon,” or vast, coöperative corporation, centrally planned by quantum computers. Kim Stanley Robinson’s Latest Novel Imagines Life in an Underwater New York 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Many physicists have described the quantum state — how electrons, for instance, take different positions in a way that prevents them from having material properties until they’re measured — as something similar to a coin-flip. Perspective | Playboi Carti made the album of the year. Playboi Carti made the album of the year. Playboi Carti made the 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The two colleagues had pioneered theoretical foundations for quantum mechanics during the 1920s, but now found themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. Piecing together a mysterious wartime meeting in Rubicon's 'Copenhagen' 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z In my case it is about as about as comprehensible as quantum physics theory. 23 recipes for leftover wine 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Is this quantum… "It's the quantum attraction thing again," says Pegg. Simon Pegg: 'I measure life by my feelings for Star Wars' 2010-10-16T23:05:00Z Has there ever been a next-generation improvement in a product that created such a quantum leap in capabilities, almost overnight? Gene Weingarten: Our columnist hits his ‘cell by’ date and finally gets a smartphone Lyra Silvertongue, a girl of mysterious parentage who finds herself caught up in a cosmic war with metaphysical elements drawn from Milton, Blake, quantum physics and Nordic mythology. Philip Pullman’s ‘The Book of Dust’ is an enthralling prequel to His Dark Materials 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Folkloric elements, including a stalking crow and a shape-shifting demon, carry the reader along until quantum physics takes hold of the plot. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Ignatius even makes the scientific information on quantum computers comprehensible to the lay reader. Review | For the inside dope on how the CIA works, ‘The Quantum Spy’ can’t be beat 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Their method not only provides quantum security to the entire system but also offers fault tolerance and efficient storage -- and this may help speed the adoption of quantum technologies. Keep it secret: Cloud data storage security approach taps quantum physics 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Potential applications include solar cells that function like leaves, computers that use quantum states of electrons to compute more efficiently and new imaging techniques that capture three-dimensional information rather than 2D, to name a few. Researchers identify unexpected twist while developing new polymer-based semiconductors 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z When it comes to music, Christopher Nolan is as fixated and fanatical as J. Robert Oppenheimer was about quantum mechanics. How composer Ludwig Göransson channels J. Robert Oppenheimer and Christopher Nolan too 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Yet, in reality, it is filled with an energetic flickering: the quantum fluctuations. Tracking down quantum flickering of the vacuum 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z China also designed and fabricated a quantum computer capable of outperforming classical high-performance computers and is moving toward a quantum computing system, the Pentagon report said. New Chinese institute lures top U.S., Western scientists to obtain advanced American technology 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The team explored whether quantum security services could expand beyond secure data transmission to offer a richer spectrum of quantum security applications such as data storage and processing. Keep it secret: Cloud data storage security approach taps quantum physics 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Deep within every piece of magnetic material, electrons dance to the invisible tune of quantum mechanics. quantum mechanics: Unlocking the secrets of spin with high-harmonic probes 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Taking quantum properties into consideration opens the door to Cas9 guide improvements for every species. Scientists use quantum biology, AI to sharpen genome editing tool 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The physics world has long been aware that the vacuum is not entirely void but is filled with vacuum fluctuations -- an ominous quantum flickering in time and space. Tracking down quantum flickering of the vacuum 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The potential future implications of this work are manifold, and this latest development is just one of many potential application of quantum mechanical calculations in the pharmaceutical industry. A revolution in crystal structure prediction of pharmaceutical drugs 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The problem with tapping their transformative potential is that, in solids, the vast number of atoms often drowns out the exotic quantum properties electrons carry. Atomic dance gives rise to a magnet 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Normally a quantum mechanical property called degeneracy pressure makes the electrons resist compression, adding support to the core. See JWST’s Spectacular New View of the Crab Nebula 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z In July, Putin paid a visit to a swanky quantum research forum in Moscow. Scientists in Russia struggle in a world transformed by its war with Ukraine 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z "This presents a new paradigm to think about how to find new and interesting quantum materials," Comin says. Physicists trap electrons in a 3D crystal 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z China, whose presence in space now far outpaces Russia’s, is launching unmanned “space planes” into orbit, testing potentially unbreakable quantum communication links and adding A.I. capabilities to satellites. What Does the U.S. Space Force Actually Do? 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z In addition to the insights into spin-phonon coupling derived from the research findings, the experimental design and setup will help inform future research on magnetic and quantum materials. Atomic dance gives rise to a magnet 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The interface between the exotic world of quantum physics and classical physics of the human experience is one of the major open problems in modern physics. What a '2D' quantum superfluid feels like to the touch 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Thus insofar as there are some future possibilities left open by the arrangements of particles in our brains, they are settled by nothing more than the random chanciness implicit in quantum mechanics. Understanding Consciousness Goes Beyond Exploring Brain Chemistry 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z In the process, she identified scandium-45 with its long-lived first-excited energy state as the superior candidate both for quantum nuclear storage and the nuclear clock. Milestone moment toward development of nuclear clock 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z It can also be chilled to –269°C, making it essential for cooling quantum computers as well as the superconducting magnets inside MRI machines. Impending sale of scientifically critical helium sparks worries 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z "Our goal is to engineer materials that do not exist in nature through external fields ? such as light or quantum fluctuations." Atomic dance gives rise to a magnet 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z PNCs are a class of semiconductor nanocrystals that display unique properties similar to that of quantum dots -- changing the size and composition of the particle changes the absorption and emission properties of the material. Seeing the unseen: How butterflies can help scientists detect cancer 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Science does deal with things that can’t be observed, such as fundamental particles, quantum wave functions, maybe even other universes. Understanding Consciousness Goes Beyond Exploring Brain Chemistry 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z But such a request could be problematic if the quantum and duration of rental income remain uncertain. WeWork's troubles darken outlook for embattled office market 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z And for quantum computers, precise timing is even more essential, as they exploit the bizarre behaviour of tiny particles -- such as atoms, electrons, and photons -- to process information. Late not great -- imperfect timekeeping places significant limit on quantum computers 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Just after the big bang, the universe grew exponentially, hugely magnifying tiny quantum fluctuations in a dense soup of fundamental particles. The universe’s puzzlingly fast expansion may defy explanation, cosmologists fret 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z For this purpose, the scientists use an ultracold quantum gas consisting of lithium and potassium atoms in a vacuum chamber. Physicists simulate interacting quasiparticles in ultracold quantum gas 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Until now, it was considered the universal model to explain the interaction between magnetic atoms and electrons in quantum materials such as the cobalt-copper duo. New quantum effect demonstrated for the first time: Spinaron, a rugby in a ball pit 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z However, in the quantum world, it represents a long enough window for a qubit to perform many thousands of operations. Major milestone achieved in new quantum computing architecture 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z A major challenge to scaling them up is the extreme fragility of the quantum states that are used to encode information. Late not great -- imperfect timekeeping places significant limit on quantum computers 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z The bonding is rooted in the laws of quantum mechanics, and the complex compounds that are of most interest in forefront research today are known as 'quantum materials.' Conduction electrons drive giant, nonlinear elastic response in Sr2RuO4 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Now, the scientists led by Rudolf Grimm have been able to generate several such quasiparticles simultaneously in the quantum gas and observe their interactions with each other. Physicists simulate interacting quasiparticles in ultracold quantum gas 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The atomic structure of any material vibrates, which creates quantum particles called phonons. A superatomic semiconductor sets a speed record 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z "This simplicity should translate into low cost in building and running large-scale quantum computers." Major milestone achieved in new quantum computing architecture 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z But in quantum physics, it is more complicated. Late not great -- imperfect timekeeping places significant limit on quantum computers 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z In many quantum materials, layers of strongly bonded atoms separate layers in which current can flow due to a small subset of the electrons in the material. Conduction electrons drive giant, nonlinear elastic response in Sr2RuO4 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z "This work pushes the boundaries of higher quantum well 2D perovskites synthesis, making them a viable and stable option for a variety of applications," Hou said. Breakthrough synthesis method improves solar cell stability 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z These tiny waves in magnets may offer an alternative to electronics in the future, interesting for energy-efficient information technology or connecting pieces in a quantum computer, for example. Controlling waves in magnets with superconductors for the first time 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z This time is well above the requirements for quantum computing. Major milestone achieved in new quantum computing architecture 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Given that real clocks are never perfect, the team investigated the impact of imperfect timing on quantum algorithms. Late not great -- imperfect timekeeping places significant limit on quantum computers 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Those same defects in silicon carbide can also be qubits within a quantum system. Using sound to test devices, control qubits 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The program provides generous funding for up to 10 years to interdisciplinary teams tackling topics that have ranged from severe storms to quantum computing. Can Indigenous knowledge and Western science work together? New center bets yes 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z As incomprehensibly small as these measurements are, LIGO's precision has continued to be limited by the laws of quantum physics. LIGO surpasses the quantum limit 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z This principle extends to quantum bits, or qubits, the building blocks of quantum computing. Major milestone achieved in new quantum computing architecture 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Since the error gets worse for more complex algorithms, it will ultimately pose a challenge for quantum computers. Late not great -- imperfect timekeeping places significant limit on quantum computers 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Today, many quantum technologies build on the coherence of spins: how long spins will remain in a particular state. Using sound to test devices, control qubits 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z While photons are routinely created and measured in laboratories all over the world, individual quanta of vibrations, which are the corresponding particles of sound, phonons, cannot in general be similarly measured. How quantum light 'sees' quantum sound 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z At very tiny, subatomic scales, empty space is filled with a faint crackling of quantum noise, which interferes with LIGO's measurements and restricts how sensitive the observatory can be. LIGO surpasses the quantum limit 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z A quantum computer could one day tackle previously insurmountable challenges in climate prediction, material design, drug discovery and more. Major milestone achieved in new quantum computing architecture 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z New research from a consortium of quantum physicists, led by Trinity College Dublin's Dr Mark Mitchison, shows that imperfect timekeeping places a fundamental limit to quantum computers and their applications. Late not great -- imperfect timekeeping places significant limit on quantum computers 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z New research focused on the quantum structure of elements under extreme conditions has implications for understanding Earth's evolution, interpreting unusual seismic signals, and even the study of exoplanets for insights into habitability. Researchers probe molten rock to crack Earth's deepest secrets 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z The new findings provide a toolbox for investigating the world of quantum sound in molecules. How quantum light 'sees' quantum sound 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z "Now that we have surpassed this quantum limit, we can do a lot more astronomy," explains Lee McCuller, assistant professor of physics at Caltech and one of the leaders of the new study. LIGO surpasses the quantum limit 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z The announcement was the first phase of a program that aims to establish so-called tech hubs around the country across a variety of cutting-edge industries, like quantum computing, precision medicine and clean energy. A Push for Tech Hubs in Overlooked Places Picks 31 to Vie for Money 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Currently, however, quantum computers are still too small to be useful. Late not great -- imperfect timekeeping places significant limit on quantum computers 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z In fact, the evolution of our entire planet may be driven by the microscopic quantum state of these iron atoms. Researchers probe molten rock to crack Earth's deepest secrets 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Researchers at the University of East Anglia have proposed a new way of using quantum light to 'see' quantum sound. How quantum light 'sees' quantum sound 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z "LIGO uses lasers and large mirrors to make its observations, but we are working at a level of sensitivity that means the device is affected by the quantum realm." LIGO surpasses the quantum limit 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z But complicating their application in quantum computing comes in the form of gaining accurate measurements of the quantum bit states. Researchers demonstrate a high-speed electrical readout method for graphene nanodevices 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z They call it Q-Day: the day when a quantum computer, one more powerful than any yet built, could shatter the world of privacy and security as we know it. The Race to Save Our Secrets From the Computers of the Future 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z One special feature of iron is its "spin state," which is a quantum property of the electrons in each iron atom that drives their magnetic behavior and reactivity in chemical reactions. Researchers probe molten rock to crack Earth's deepest secrets 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z And it potentially paves the way for addressing fundamental questions about the importance of quantum effects in applications ranging from new quantum technologies to biological systems. How quantum light 'sees' quantum sound 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z However, the quantum noise that lurks inside the vacuum tubes that encase LIGO's laser beams can alter the timing of the photons in the beams by minutely small amounts. LIGO surpasses the quantum limit 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Such vacancies have special quantum mechanical properties needed for sensing. A miniature magnetic resonance imager made of diamond 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z In 2013, Chang was the first to experimentally demonstrate this quantum phenomenon. Electrical control of quantum phenomenon could improve future electronic devices 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The security leaders joined in warning Silicon Valley tech leaders that China is engaged in stealing know-how in multiple areas, including quantum technology, robotics, biotechnology and artificial intelligence. ‘Five Eyes’ intel chiefs warn on China tech theft 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z The material's extremely thin structure is a unique environment in which researchers have discovered otherwise hidden, quantum interactions. From a five-layer graphene sandwich, a rare electronic state emerges 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z "The quantum nature of the light creates the problem, but quantum physics also gives us the solution," Barsotti says. LIGO surpasses the quantum limit 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z "Our processing of the material optimizes the duration of the quantum states, which allows the sensors to measure for longer," adds Knittel. A miniature magnetic resonance imager made of diamond 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The ability to change direction is critical for optimizing information transfer, storage, and retrieval in quantum technologies. Electrical control of quantum phenomenon could improve future electronic devices 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z "The quantum of water coming is very serious and we can only explain this with the issue of global warming and climate change." Ghana floods: ‘My entire farm is under the water and so is my house’ 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z The rules are designed to close loopholes that have allowed Chinese industries to make integrated circuits used in advanced weapons, such as military artificial intelligence and quantum computing systems. Commerce adds new controls on computer chip exports to China 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z By moving the quantum noise out of the timing, or frequency, of the laser light, the researchers put the noise into the amplitude, or power, of the laser light. LIGO surpasses the quantum limit 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z The quantum state of the nitrogen-vacancy centers interacts with magnetic fields. A miniature magnetic resonance imager made of diamond 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Unlike current electronics, where data is stored in a binary state as on or off -- as one or zero -- quantum data can be stored simultaneously in a range of possible states. Electrical control of quantum phenomenon could improve future electronic devices 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z As evidenced by the 2023 Nobel Prize attributed to the development of quantum dots, the chemistry of color has a bright future ahead. Art with DNA -- Digitally creating 16 million colors by chemistry 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Known as the "spin Hall effect," this has key applications for magnetic materials across many different fields, ranging from low power electronics to fundamental quantum mechanics. Physicists demonstrate powerful physics phenomenon 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z "Both squeezing and the act of turning up the power improve our quantum-sensing precision to the point where we are impacted by quantum uncertainty," McCuller says. LIGO surpasses the quantum limit 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z In order to test the method, the TUM scientists placed a microchip with microscopic water-filled channels on the diamond quantum sensor. A miniature magnetic resonance imager made of diamond 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z |
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