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| The Non-local Universe: The New Physics and Matters of the Mind | 
 enlarge | Authors: Robert Nadeau, Menas Kafatos
Publisher: OUP USA
Category: Book
List Price: £10.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 90306
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0195144082
Dewey Decimal Number: 501
EAN: 9780195144086
ASIN: 0195144082
Publication Date: August 2, 2001
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 important and well written - perhaps flawed July 17, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Sometimes the language of this book, with its long flowing sentences and abstract ideas sounds a little Hegelian, but the vast majority of it is down-to-earth, well thought out and sticks to the task of describing some of the most difficult conceptual areas in science. Quantum Mechanics can never be easy because it is not visualisable as such. There may be some flaws in the argument however (why I marked it down!). The author's explanation of entanglement is solely in terms of non-locality. However they seemed to have ignored the alternative of retro-causality. They actually describe an important retro-causal experiment, but do not seem to incorporate it into their arguments. A further problem seems to occur when they go on to extend the idea of complementarity beyond physics (following Niels Bohr). They describe how `biological reality' might be affected by the same measurement difficulties as physical reality at the micro level. But biology is far too complex, in my opinion, to be able to isolate such an effect. It seems an unwarranted generalisation.
 Simple yet technically superb September 21, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Anyone interested in the area of quantum mechanics should read this book. It is easy to understand, yet detailed and technically superb - explaining the various different interpretations that are available. This book is particularly impressive in bridging the knowledge gap that most books on the subject leave - the gap between quantum mechanics and what it implies for the human mind and our everyday lives. For anyone that thinks quantum mechanics has nothing (or very little) to do with reality - think again!
The main strength of this book is its uncompromising tenacity in explaining and staying with the facts. Where little is known, the authors explain the various thories that are around and their likely implications. For me, this book is the best available explanation of quantum mechanics and its unexpected possibilities.
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