In Search of Schrodinger's Cat

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I did only vaguely - but I wanted to save myself from getting scratched, which I seemed to be in imminent danger of. On the one hand this allows us to explore some of the most interesting and deep ideas in quantum mechanics without being weighed down by the baggage of the mathematics required to get us there. scarcely any of them will realise that every item on that list has its roots in quantum mechanics, a branch of science that they may never have heard of and almost certainly do not understand.

From a relatively simple, easy to follow, and well-suited for the layman explanation of the structure of the atom to his absurdly obtuse description of the most important experiment to confirm the predictions of quantum mechanics, he leaves the reader fighting to piece together his point. The entire book has been an amazing ride through the mindbogglingly unbelievable world of the sub-atomic particles and i cant say it better than Neils Bohr - "Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not fully understood it".Gribbin's book has been cited as an example of how to revive an interest in the study of mathematics. Well, it was all these scientists talking about wave/ particle duality - how subatomic particles behaved both like a wave and a particle, and changed into one or the other only upon observation.

He investigates the atom, radiation, time travel, the birth of the universe, super conductors and life itself.Needless to say, talking cats appearing out of nowhere and speaking in riddles was not usual in my daily routine.