Review

The work of John Bell is integral to modern quantum theory through his famous theorem which sparked a new age of foundational and experimental research; but very little is known about Bell's background and private life. Here Andrew Whitaker has given us a superbly written and insightful biography, free of technicalities and rich in historical detail. Essential reading for physicists and philosophers of physics. (Dean Rickles, The University of Sydney, Austrialia)

This book beautifully chronicles the life story of one of the 20th century's most brilliant, charismatic, and influential geniuses. No, not Richard Feynman, but John Stewart Bell ― the man whose epochal discovery arose not from his day job but from his hobby, the universally-admired sage whose views remain widely misunderstood even by those who praise him, and the mild-mannered vegetarian whose penetrating insights will be remembered, centuries from now, for ruthlessly slaying the orthodox quantum philosophy. (Travis Norsen, Smith College, USA)

Whitakers book is the first comprehensive book on John Bells outstanding work and life. As an active researcher in the field of quantum physics, experienced science writer and aided by direct information from the Bell family, Whitaker is the best person for writing such an account. The result is a fascinating book on most important parts of quantum physics and on the people who were involved in it. I can strongly recommend Whitakers book to students, teachers, and researchers as well, in fact, to anybody who is interested in these exciting topics of quantum physics. (Reinhold Bertlmann, Vienna, Austria)

Andrew Whitaker has written a beautiful, compelling, and utterly readable biography of one of the most important physicists of the last century. The ramifications of Bell's theorem continue to be felt in ways John Stewart Bell could not have anticipated in our present century. It is fascinating to read his story starting with upbringing in Belfast (Whitaker's home city) and continuing in Harwell, Birmingham and Geneva. (Lucien Hardy, Perimeter Institute)

About the Author

Andrew Whitaker was awarded a BA in Theoretical Physics from the University of Oxford in 1967 and a PhD in the theory of nuclear magnetic resonance from the University of Nottingham in 1971. He lectured and carried out research at the University of Ulster until 1988, and since then at Queen's University Belfast, where he became a Professor in 1999. Much of his work over the last thirty years has been in the fundamental aspects of quantum theory, in particular the quantum Zeno effect and aspects of Bell's Theorem. He also has an interest in the history of science and has co-edited volumes on Kelvin, Maxwell and physicists of Ireland.

Andrew Whitaker John Stewart Bell and Twentieth-Ce

• Typ Okładki: Twarda oprawa
• Wydawnictwo: OUP Oxford
• Autor: Andrew Whitaker
• Język książki: Angielski
• Rozmiar: 14.9 x 3.2 x 22.2 cm
• Ilość stron: 480
• Data premiery: 2016-06-30

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