量子力学的真相 – Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution: The Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum by Lee Smolin

春天的早晨，从窗户涌进来的空气带着花园里的清新气息，这个 “奇迹”是如何发生的?

分子如何被微风吹动，又如何经鼻子转化成令人感到愉悦的气味?

每天早晨醒来的“我”是谁 ?当这个“我” 睁开双眼时，周围的宇宙又是什么?

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在这个量子力学的时代，关于我们的存在以及我们与这个世界之间关系的这些基本的问题，仍是未解之谜。而爱因斯坦和其他现实主义者相信：量子力学理论是不完备的。

在《量子力学的真相》一书中，斯莫林教授用3幕故事带领我们走进量子力学的世界，了解那些自量子力学诞生以来就一直困扰着人们的概念问题和严重分歧。第一幕他会讲述我们在探究量子力学发展轨迹时所需的基本的量子力学概念。第二幕他将带我们追溯了从 20 世纪 50 年代开始的现实主义量子力学方法的复兴，并且阐述它们的优缺点。斯莫林认为：正确且完备的量子力学理论不仅能够解决量子引力的问题，还能给出一套完整的宇宙学理论。第三幕斯莫林将介绍包括自己在内的当代物理学家为构建现实主义的万物理论所付出的努力。

量子力学，是一个充满悖论与神秘色彩之地，欢迎所有人来到新的科学时代。

Quantum physics is the golden child of modern science. It is the basis of our understanding of our world–atoms, radiation, elementary particles, basic forces and the behavior of materials. But for a century it has also been the problem child of science, plagued by intense disagreements between its inventors, strange paradoxes, and implications that seem like the stuff of fantasy.

In Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution, theoretical physicist Lee Smolin takes us on a journey through the basics of quantum physics, introducing the stories of the experiments and figures that have transformed our understanding of the universe, before wrestling with the puzzles and conundrums that the quantum world presents. Along the way, he illuminates the existing theories that might solve these problems, guiding us towards a vision of the quantum that embraces common sense realism.

Vibrant and accessible, Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution brings us a step closer to resolving one of the greatest scientific controversies of our age.