How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival

by David Kaiser

Book Overview

Today, quantum information theory is among the most exciting scientific frontiers, attracting billions of dollars in funding and thousands of talented researchers. But as MIT physicist and historian David Kaiser reveals, this cutting-edge field has a surprisingly psychedelic past. How the Hippies Saved Physics introduces us to a band of freewheeling physicists who defied the imperative to "shut up and calculate" and helped to rejuvenate modern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039334231X
• ISBN13: 9780393342314
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"