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Beyond Weird
Philip Ball at the Royal Institution banging on about quantum mechanics with me as chair. See his book Beyond Weird.
Posted in Physics, Science
Tagged Philip Ball, quantum mechanics, Royal Institution
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Heroes, monsters and people: When it comes to moral choices, outstanding physicists are very ordinary
Did German physicists have a plan in the 1930s? And if so, was their physics any help? Last week, on the plane back from Chicago, I finished Philip Ball’s book about physics in Germany in the nineteen-thirties and -forties. I’m still … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, Science, Writing
Tagged books, Philip Ball, quantum mechanics, Relativity
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