Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at the California Institute of Technology. He won the Royal Society Winton Prize for his book on the search for the elusive Higgs boson, The Particle at the End of the Universe, and his most recent book, The Big Picture, was an international bestseller. He lives in Los Angeles. @seanmcarroll preposterousuniverse.com
'Like all great writers, Carroll has the remarkable ability of
putting the reader utterly at ease with his lucid and addictive
prose. He leads you so gently and comfortably into his quantum
world that you quickly forget you are being given access to the
most profound ideas about the nature of reality.' -- Jim
Al-Khalili, author of Quantum Mechanics (A Ladybird Expert
Book)
'A thrilling tour through what is perhaps humankind's greatest
intellectual achievement - quantum mechanics. With bold clarity,
Carroll deftly unmasks quantum weirdness to reveal a strange but
utterly wondrous reality.' -- Brian Greene, author of The
Elegant Universe
'Sean Carroll's immensely enjoyable Something Deeply Hidden brings
readers face-to-face with the fundamental quantum weirdness of the
universe - or should I say universes? And by the end, you may catch
yourself finding quantum weirdness not all that weird.' -- Jordan
Ellenberg, author of How Not to Be Wrong
'Carroll gives us a front-row seat to the development of a new
vision of physics: one that connects our everyday experiences to a
dizzying hall-of-mirrors universe in which our very sense of self
is challenged. It's a fascinating idea, and one that just might
hold clues to a deeper reality.' -- Katie Mack, theoretical
astrophysicist, North Carolina State University, author of The
End of Everything (forthcoming)
'Sean Carroll beautifully clarifies the debate about the
foundations of quantum mechanics, and champions the most elegant,
courageous approach: the astonishing "Many-Worlds" interpretation.
His explanations of its pros and cons are clear, even-handed, and
philosophically gobsmacking.' -- Steven Strogatz, author of
Infinite Powers
'[A] challenging, provocative book...moving smoothly through
different topics and from objects as small as particles to those as
enormous as black holes, Carroll's exploration of quantum theory
introduces readers to some of the most groundbreaking ideas in
physics today.' * Publishers Weekly *
'Sean Carroll is always lucid and funny, gratifyingly readable,
while still excavating depths... A fascinating and important book.'
-- Janna Levin, author of Black Hole Blues
'Irresistible and an absolute treat to read. While this is a book
about some of the deepest current mysteries in physics, it is also
a book about metaphysics as Carroll lucidly guides us on how to not
only think about the true and hidden nature of reality but also how
to make sense of it. I loved this book.' -- Priyamvada Natarajan,
theoretical astrophysicist, Yale University, and author of
Mapping the Heavens
'A masterpiece...stands along with Feynman's QED as one of the two
best popularizations of quantum mechanics I've ever seen.' -- Scott
Aaronson, Professor of Computer Science, University of Texas at
Austin, and Director of UT's Quantum Information Center
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