Werner Heisenberg’s “uncertainty principle” challenged centuries of scientific understanding, placed him in direct opposition to Albert Einstein, and put Niels Bohr in the middle of one of the most heated debates in scientific history. Heisenberg’s theorem stated that there were physical limits to what we could know about sub-atomic particles; this “uncertainty” would have shoc...(展开全部)

罗伯特·P.克里斯（Robert P. Crease） 美国石溪大学哲学系教授；《物理观察》期刊的联席主编，并为《物理世界》杂志撰写每月专栏《临界点》；英国物理学会（位于伦敦）会员，美国物理学会会员。他撰写、合著、翻译、编辑过10多本图书，包括《权衡中的世界：对绝对测量系统的历史性追寻》《伟大的方程：科学中的突破，从毕达哥拉斯到海森堡》《棱镜和摆：科学中10个精彩的实验》。他的文章和评论刊登于《大西洋月刊》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《科学》《新科学家》《美国科学家》以及其他学术和大众出版物。在纪念哲学家和趣味数学家马丁·加德纳的聚会中，他喜欢和儿子扮演“矩阵博士”。 阿尔弗雷德·沙夫·戈德哈伯（Alfred ScharffGoldhaber） 美国石溪大学杨振宁理论物理研究所教授，美国物理学会会员，是他们家三代物理学家中的第二代。他与母亲合写了也许是...(展开全部)

From multiverses and quantum leaps to Schrödinger’s cat and time travel, quantum mechanics has irreversibly shaped the popular imagination. Entertainers and writers from Lady Gaga to David Foster Wallace take advantage of its associations and nuances. In The Quantum Moment, philosopher Robert P. Crease and physicist Alfred Scharff Goldhaber recount the fascinating story of how ...(展开全部)

Libertarianism emerged in the mid-nineteenth century with an unwavering commitment to progressive causes, from women’s rights and the fight against slavery to anti-colonialism and Irish emancipation. Today, this movement founded on the principle of individual liberty finds itself divided by both progressive and reactionary elements vying to claim it as their own. The Individual...(展开全部)

From Scientific American The notion that the brain and central nervous system are made of circuits that process stimuli and evoke bodily responses is a founding principle of neuroscience. And we humans believe that once we understand every neural pathway, we will be able to predict a motor response to every sensory input—from feeling the tug of a fish on a hook to catching your...(展开全部)

In this provocative book, Paul Glimcher argues that economic theory may provide an alternative to the classical Cartesian model of the brain and behavior. Glimcher argues that Cartesian dualism operates from the false premise that the reflex is able to describe behavior in the real world that animals inhabit. A mathematically rich cognitive theory, he claims, could solve the mo...(展开全部)

曼吉特·库马尔(Manjit Kumar)，获物理学和哲学双学位。《普罗米修斯》杂志的创刊编辑，《科学，亦或理性退失》一书的作者之一，《连线》网站的顾问级科学编辑。为《卫报》、《泰晤士报·文学增刊》、《爱尔兰时报》等刊物撰稿、写评论。他与妻子和两个儿子居住在伦敦北部。

Quantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you weren t shocked by quantum theory, you didn t really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this tour de force of science history, Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly written acco...(展开全部)