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This clearly explained layman's introduction to quantum physics is an accessible excursion into metaphysics and the meaning of reality. Herbert exposes the quantum world and the scientific and philosophical controversy about its interpretation.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Anchor; Reprint edition (March 20, 1987)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0385235690
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385235693
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.65 x 8 inches

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One of the earlier books (Pub. 1985) written on quantum physics. Still a good read.

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2021

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For more than a decade I have had a passion for reading about new research and developments in science and technology. One of these topics included quantum physics. Even though I have read numerous books on this subject I did miss a few of the earlier books written exploring the new physics. Even though this book (Quantum Reality: Beyond the new physics: An excursion into metaphysics and the meaning of reality by Nick Herbert) is somewhat dated; (published in 1985, more than 35 years ago) nevertheless, I decided to purchase it on Amazon.

I just finished reading this book and I found the author’s approach a little different in that he does question some of the conclusions made by many scientists studying quantum physics. Indeed, over the years I have also wondered about whether reality is as objective as I thought it is, or is it just an illusion of pure energy.

This book is organized into thirteen chapters covering the following topics: The quest for reality, physicists losing their grip, quantum theory takes charge, facing the quantum facts, wave motion, meet the champ: quantum theory itself, describing the indescribable, the quantum measurement problem, four quantum realities, the Einstein-Podolsky –Rosen paradox, Bell’s interconnectness Theorem, and the future of quantum reality.

Even though this book was published in 1985 I did find this volume to be thought provoking and a good read.
Rating: 4 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Tactical Principles of the most effective Combative Systems).

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H J Wallau

This was the best IMO. Perhaps I got so much out of ...

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2018

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I have read a number of "laymen's" books on this subject. This was the best IMO. Perhaps I got so much out of this one because it crystallized concepts from previous books. I like the way the author came back around to the same principles several times in different chapters. He goes beyond what is observed and described to what is the ultimate reality of what things are really made of (Quantum Reality). With complicated subjects, especially those that do not conform to intuitive view, hearing something several different ways leads to one that clicks. I found that in this book.
Some other writers of this subject seem to be primarily interested in showing how mysterious this subject is. Not so this guy. At the same time, he doesn't seem to "dumb down" to readers, either. Maybe it depends on where you are in QP.
I write this review as someone who is not trained in college math or physics. (Liberal Arts degree. UGH.) But I am analytical and I love this subject.

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Bond, James Bond

Don't be a sucker

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2021

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It's shocking to see the lengths that modern man will go to to feed his delusions. Those who believe the nonsense related in this book are like people who refuse to look down stepping off a cliff and concluding that the reason they have fallen is that the matter of which the ground is constituted has mysteriously lost its solidity. The simple fact is that modern physics is not science--because, while it is of practical value, it is not productive of truth in terms of revealing what actually is--nor is it even plausible, as a gander at any page of this book demonstrates. What this book does is show that Aristotle has been right all along (I cannot go into his doctrine here; it's what you were supposed to be learning as part of your university training) and that modern mathematical physics is not competent at anything other than providing a consistent, practical framework for solving problems--in much the same way geometry tells us nothing about the world (since perfect circles, for example, do not actually exist) but is useful for calculating various things.

In one way, I'd like to give the book five stars, since Herbert admirably lays out the findings of modern "science" which have led to so many perfectly intelligent men sacrificing their credibility and common sense on the altar of the idiot god, Scientism, but on the other I can't bring myself to rate conclusions so obviously untrue with anything approaching that perfect score. In other words, as a book merely providing an account of the various stupid things modernists believe, this book is a five-star work, but as a book purporting to provide insight into the actual reality underlying all the math, it's a big zero. Hence, my three star compromise.

Without going too deeply into it, I will provide a hint that I do know what I'm talking about and am not just ranting: for Aristotle, movement in place is not movement along a vector at such-and-such a rate through a series of places. For him, movement is the the actualization of a potency to be in a different place from where one started. While moving from this place to that, one is never actually "in" any place passed through. One is only "in" a place when one is at rest and the potency to be there has been actualized. Consequently, to measure one's position--one's place--at any point along the way, which modern physicists think they are doing, is to to actually consider a moving thing as being at rest in that place. But a moving thing is not at rest, it is moving. Therefore, one can see, if Aristotle is right about the nature of local movement, that the modern physicist is mistaken right at the outset about what he is actually doing, and that the reason he thinks that that thing's position only exists when he is measuring it is because it DOES only exist when he measures it, but artificially, with no relation to the actual underlying reality.

I'm sure that is perfectly impenetrable to most who have brought up on modernist bunkum, but I hope it at least gives sensible readers pause--those people who have been bullied into believing the bunkum out of fear of ridicule, much like the people in the old fable admiring the emperor's new clothes. The fact is that the emperor of modern science is wearing the most gossamer of fabrics and it is he, not they, who looks ridiculous.

As for the book, I recommend it, but only as a compendium of modernist error, which it excels as.

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Richard J. Taylor

Essential reading but not for beginners.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 7, 2010

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Having read most popular science books on Quantum Physics (QP), I am familiar with all the real and thought experiments described in this book. Even so, I found Dr Herbert's descriptions surprisingly taxing so cannot recommend the book as an introduction to QP.

Nevertheless, and despite the fact that the book almost 25 years old, Dr Herbert presents some QP ideas that I have not encountered elsewhere, making this book truly essential reading for any layperson with more than a passing interest in the subject.

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Qwock

Recommended

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2015

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A super introduction into the weird world of quantum mechanics.

Well written and easy for the lay reader to follow it sheds a light onto this fascinating area.

Well worth reading & highly recommended

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Janson N. Bewey

Science over Metaphysics

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2009

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Heavier on Quantum Physics than Metaphysics. Philosophers without the science and mathematics will struggle. Food for thought but comes against the same difficulty of bringing together the objectified and metaphysical realm of reality and the self.

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Inky-B

excellent!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2014

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Thought provoking, well written and an enjoyable read

ollypuss

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2015

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Very interesting and thought-provoking

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