{"product_id":"portals-to-a-new-reality","title":"Portals to a New Reality","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePortals to a New Reality\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eVlatko Vedral Ph. D.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781541604780\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBasic Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2025\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e304\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Oxford physicist \"seeks to shatter complacency\" (David Deutsch) in modern physics and show why five revolutionary experiments in quantum physics promise to open the gates separating us from a true understanding of the universe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For the last century, physics has been treading along the paths set by the same two theories--quantum theory and general relativity--and, let's face it, it's getting pretty boring. Most scientists are simply chasing decimal points in laboratories, unable to explore the theories at large scales, where serious discrepancies could emerge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The situation is a lot like the one physics was in in 1890, right before Planck, Einstein, and Bohr blew the roof off Newtonian physics. As Vlatko Vedral argues in \u003ci\u003ePortals to a New Reality\u003c\/i\u003e, that means we are on the brink of a revolution. Vedral shows how quantum information theory has opened radically new avenues for experiments that could upend physics. They can sound very strange--one essentially involves entangling a human with Schrödinger's cat--but they lay bare elements of our theories that are particularly problematic, such as the widespread belief that nothing truly exists unless it is observed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At present these experiments are thought experiments, albeit fascinating ones. But nothing, save inertia and a lack of ambition, stands in our way. Now is the time to rewrite the understanding of the universe.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Portals to a New Reality | Vlatko Vedral Ph. D. | Hardcover | 9781541604780 | New | Science \u0026 Math 1689107","offer_id":50723447439618,"sku":"1689107","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81bQH2P4bXL.jpg?v=1791858473","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/portals-to-a-new-reality","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}