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050	0	0	_aQC173.59.S65 _bM88 2015
082	1		_a530.11 MUS _2
100	1		_aMusser, George
245	1	0	_aSpooky action at a distance : _bthe phenomenon that reimagines space and time - and what it means for black holes, the big bang, and theories of everything _c/ George Musser
250			_aFirst paperback edition.
260			_aNew York _b: Farrar, Straus and Giroux _c, 2015
300			_a290 p. _b: illus. _c; 21 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_aIntroduction : Einstein's castle in the air -- The many varieties of nonlocality -- The origins of nonlocality -- Einstein's locality -- The great debate -- Nonlocality and the unification of physics -- Spacetime is doomed -- Conclusion : the amplituhedron.
520			_aWhat is space? It isn't a question that most of us normally ask. Space is the venue of physics; it's where things exist, where they move and take shape. Yet over the past few decades, physicists have discovered a phenomenon that operates outside the confines of space and time: nonlocality - the ability of two particles to act in harmony no matter how far apart they may be. It appears to be almost magical. Einstein grappled with this oddity and couldn't come to terms with it, describing it as "spooky action at a distance." More recently, the mystery has deepened as other forms of nonlocality have been uncovered. This strange occurrence, which has direct connections to black holes, particle collisions, and even the workings of gravity, holds the potential to undermine our most basic understandings of physical reality. If space isn't what we thought it was, then what is it? In Spooky Action at a Distance , George Musser sets out to answer that question, offering a provocative exploration of nonlocality and a celebration of the scientists who are trying to explain it. Musser guides us on an epic journey into the lives of experimental physicists observing particles acting in tandem, astronomers finding galaxies that look statistically identical, and cosmologists hoping to unravel the paradoxes surrounding the big bang. He traces the often contentious debates over nonlocality through major discoveries and disruptions of the twentieth century and shows how scientists faced with the same undisputed experimental evidence develop wildly different explanations for that evidence. Their conclusions challenge our understanding of not only space and time but also the origins of the universo - and they suggest a new grand unified theory of physics.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aSpace and time _x-Philosophy
650		4	_aRelativity _v--Physics
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