Something Deeply Hidden
Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
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As you listen to these words, copies of you are being created. Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist and one of this world’s most celebrated writers on science, rewrites the history of 20th-century physics. Already hailed as a masterpiece, Something Deeply Hidden shows for the first time that facing up to the essential puzzle of quantum mechanics utterly transforms how we think about space and time. His reconciling of quantum mechanics with Einstein’s theory of relativity changes, well, everything. Most physicists haven’t even recognized the uncomfortable truth: Physics has been in crisis since 1927.
Quantum mechanics has always had obvious gaps—which have come to be simply ignored. Science popularizers keep telling us how weird it is, how impossible it is to understand. Academics discourage students from working on the "dead end" of quantum foundations. Putting his professional reputation on the line with this audacious yet entirely reasonable audiobook, Carroll says that the crisis can now come to an end. We just have to accept that there is more than one of us in the universe. There are many, many Sean Carrolls. Many of every one of us.
Copies of you are generated thousands of times per second. The Many Worlds Theory of quantum behavior says that every time there is a quantum event, a world splits off with everything in it the same, except in that other world, the quantum event didn't happen. Step-by-step in Carroll's uniquely lucid way, he tackles the major objections to this otherworldly revelation until his case is inescapably established.
Rarely does a book so fully reorganize how we think about our place in the universe. We are on the threshold of a new understanding—of where we are in the cosmos, and what we are made of.
©2019 Sean Carroll (P)2019 Penguin AudioCritic Reviews
"What makes Carroll's new project so worthwhile, though, is that while he is most certainly choosing sides in the debate, he offers us a cogent, clear and compelling guide to the subject while letting his passion for the scientific questions shine through every page." (NPR)
“The book presents one fascinating concept after another, and I think it is an essential read. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the implications of the Many Worlds and entanglement, and the fact that our reality is always an infinite set of connected possibilities. It’s really blown my mind. The deeper you dive into quantum mechanics, the more it challenges you to keep an open mind about everything.”—Dan Schulman, CEO of PayPal in Fast Company
"Something Deeply Hidden is Carroll’s ambitious and engaging foray into what quantum mechanics really means and what it tells us about physical reality." (Science Magazine)
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- Anonymous User
- 11-10-2019
truly hidden
really comes together in the final chapters. a difficult book worthy of everyone, excellent work from sean once again. ❤
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- Anonymous User
- 21-12-2020
A satisfying journey
If you have an interest in quantum physics this book is a good follow on from Carlo Rovelli et al. The book covers a lot of territory and yet manages to be coherent and interesting along the way. There are a few slightly laborious moments related to particle observation and entanglement however the following chapters coalesce what seemed to be at first disparate ideas nicely.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-01-2020
I was the right audience for this book
and was well rewarded
Over the years, I had read several popular science books on similar subjects, and in recent years watched PBS Space Time and listened to Sean Carroll's Mindscape. I had been left with questions and despaired for answers. This book anticipated these, and corrected some errors for which I had not even formed questions. Its probably the case that to do better requires actually studying the math.
This book did an exceptional job in clearly explaining the route through the consensus and onto the quantum interpretation that it championed. As history of science, I found it very satisfying. I would have loved the book to have engaged directly with the philosophy of mathematics or of science. Without expertise in either, I nevertheless feel confident they would offer cogent critiques of the interpretation. In particular, I cannot help but be unsettled by the sense in which it seems to settle the interpretation of probability as being a real property of the universe.
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- Neety Thorsteinsson
- 09-11-2019
This book is bloody brilliant
Sean has a way of explaining complicated concepts in a very visual way. I found myself finally starting to understand and visualise some fundamental concepts in quantum physics. I learnt about entropy, entanglement, what a Hamiltonian is, particles, waves, the Everettian interpretations of quantum mechanics; basically things that blew my mind. I didn't really do any maths or science at school (clearly the concept of science wasn't explained to me very well at school, I thought it had something with to do with a bunson burner) so finding out so many amazing things about our universe has been awesome. Of course I had to listen to every chapter three times. And by three I mean seven. The point is some of this started to sink into my brain. So buy this book. Sean's podcasts are also great.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-07-2022
BRILLIANCE AT ITS BEST
From time to time Planet Earth is blessed with Human Genius. Sean Carroll grew up to be a giant in Astro Physics. I loved this book from the very first sentence. Sean teaches us in layman’s language just what and who we are in This Univers but not only this Universe but who we are in many other Universes. His Multiverse or Many Worlds Theory captivated my imagination and explained also that we may have lost Loved ones in this world but that out in the Multiverse they are living quite happily, To grasp this is very exciting. And it’s a Theory or Belief that is taking hold of many of the great minds of our time. I will listen again to this book to gain an even better understanding of our Universe and the infinite number of Other Universes….. Cliff
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- Vincent
- 08-12-2022
Very insightful
I loved it. Such a delight to be listen. The content is really interesting. Highly recommend.
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- Andy Lee
- 30-09-2019
Wild.
The concepts in this book are wild. I can't say I understood all the equations but I think I got my head around most concepts. I'm not a cosmologist, but this book feels super important.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-05-2021
Insightful,Honest and Compact
Incredible summary of the history of Quantum Field theory so far and what different interpretations have arisen from it, although Carroll takes an Everettian stance on Quantum Mechanics, he gives respect to other interpretations of the Quantum reality of our world.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-02-2021
Elegantly explained
Thanks Sean. While I'm no physicist, I found this approach to laying out this complex knowledge space masterful and elegant. You've kept me company while in the garden, and on long drives. Thank you, and I'd never considered that gravity is emergent, which makes more sense to explain why it doesn't interact with other fields, which now makes.me wonder if this is the same for dark matter. Thank you.
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- busyingmyself
- 21-03-2021
I now all-in on many worlds
I love this book, I’ve listened to it 3 times as there’s so much to learn and take in. Sean is a good reader, performer and has a good way of explaining things so non-scientific peasants like me can follow. Very informative and I’m now an advocate for the many worlds interpretation... until someone comes along with a more compelling argument that is!
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