'Jeremie Harris is a very funny scientist. I laughed all the way through' - Bob McDonaldFrom Silicon Valley entrepreneur, quantum physicist, AI risk expert, and Hollywood "alternative reality" consultant Jeremie Harris, comes an entertaining and accessible look at the world of quantum physics.The discovery of quantum mechanics has paved the way to just about every important innovation in the last half century: it has led us to the technology that powers microwaves, iPhones, and self-driving cars and is about to trigger a computing revolution that will either spell the end of the human species or propel us to heights we've never imagined.But there's another reason that quantum mechanics is so important: it is really the only way we can understand ourselves and each other. For the last hundred years or so, physicists have been feverishly debating what quantum theory has to say about you: what you're made of, whether you have free will, what will happen to you when you die, and much more.QUANTUM PHYSICS MADE ME DO IT is an amusing, irreverent exploration of the most successful scientific theory in human history, and a smart, entertaining adventure through the complex and beautiful world mapped out by modern physics.
'Jeremie Harris is a very funny scientist. I laughed all the way through' - Bob McDonaldFrom Silicon Valley entrepreneur, quantum physicist, AI risk expert, and Hollywood "alternative reality" consultant Jeremie Harris, comes an entertaining and accessible look at the world of quantum physics.The discovery of quantum mechanics has paved the way to just about every important innovation in the last half century: it has led us to the technology that powers microwaves, iPhones, and self-driving cars and is about to trigger a computing revolution that will either spell the end of the human species or propel us to heights we've never imagined.But there's another reason that quantum mechanics is so important: it is really the only way we can understand ourselves and each other. For the last hundred years or so, physicists have been feverishly debating what quantum theory has to say about you: what you're made of, whether you have free will, what will happen to you when you die, and much more.QUANTUM PHYSICS MADE ME DO IT is an amusing, irreverent exploration of the most successful scientific theory in human history, and a smart, entertaining adventure through the complex and beautiful world mapped out by modern physics.
Jeremie Harris has the uncanny ability to make the most esoteric,
theoretical science not just understandable - but incredibly
engaging. I am fairly certain that nobody else could have explained
quantum physics to me in a way that gave me a solid and deep
understanding of the processes at work - enough that I could turn
around and teach them to someone else. And like the best
professors, Harris is compulsively captivating, funny, and
engrossing. This isn't a lecture; it's entertainment that feeds the
brain.
*Jodi Picoult, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Book Of Two
Ways*
Quantum mechanics suggests answers to profound questions, such as
the nature of time, the ultimate limits of computation and
intelligence, and whether all our choices are predetermined. The
picture of the universe it paints is so vast and mind blowing it is
difficult to accept. Quantum Physics Made Me Do It is a delightful,
eye-opening exploration of the biggest questions a human being can
ask. Hard science made easy, it's a rare gem that shows just how
big the big picture truly is. A terrific, perspective-altering read
and a deeply entertaining adventure.
*Geordie Rose, Founder of D-Wave, the world's first quantum
computing company*
Quantum mechanics is spooky and weird. Consciousness, free will,
parallel universes, and eternal life are spooky and weird. Are they
connected? Maybe. Maybe not. In Quantum Physics Made Me Do It,
Jeremie Harris explores how these connections may be made and what
their implications are for everything from personal psychology to
public policy. Although quantum physicists are not in agreement on
the implications of their science, through such exploratory
considerations as those in this book may come breakthroughs in our
thinking.
*Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic magazine, Presidential
Fellow Chapman University, author of Heavens on Earth, The Moral
Arc, and The Believing Brain*
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