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Chapter Page
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction xv
Prologue: Nothing Is Real 1
Part 1 The Quantum
Chapter 1 Light 7
Waves or Particles?
Wave Theory Triumphant
Chapter 2 Atoms 19
Nineteenth-Century Atoms
Einstein's Atoms
Electrons
Ions
X Rays
Radioactivity
Inside the Atom
Chapter 3 Light and Atoms 33
The Blackbody Clue
An Unwelcome Revolution
What Is h?
Einstein, Light, and Quanta
Chapter 4 Bohr's Atom 51
Jumping Electrons
Hydrogen Explained
An Element of Chance: God's Dice
Atoms in Perspective
Chemistry Explained
Part 2 Quantum Mechanics
Chapter 5 Photons and Electrons 81
Particles of Light
Particle/Wave Duality
Electron Waves
A Break With the Past
Pauli and Exclusion
Where Next?
Chapter 6 Matrices and Waves 101
Breakthrough in Heligoland
Quantum Math
Schrodinger's Theory
A Backward Step
Quantum Cookery
Chapter 7 Cooking with Quanta 123
Antimatter
Inside the Nucleus
Lasers and Masers
The Mighty Micro
Superconductors
Life Itself
Part 3 ... And Beyond
Chapter 8 Chance and Uncertainty 155
The Meaning of Uncertainty
The Copenhagen Interpretation
The Experiment With Two Holes
Collapsing Waves
Complementarity Rules
Chapter 9 Paradoxes and Possibilities 177
The Clock in the Box
The "EPR Paradox"
Time Travel
Einstein's Time
Something for Nothing
Schrodinger's Cat
The Participatory Universe
Chapter 10 The Proof of the Pudding 215
The Spin Paradox
The Polarization Puzzle
The Bell Test
The Proof
What Does It Mean?
Confirmation and Applications
Chapter 11 Many Worlds 235
Who Observes the Observers?
Schrodinger's Cats
Beyond Science Fiction
Beyond Einstein?
A Second Look
Beyond Everett
Our Special Place
Epilogue: Unfinished Business 255
Twisted Space-Time
Broken Symmetry
Supergravity
Is the Universe a Vacuum Fluctuation?
Inflation and the Universe
Bibliography 277
Index 291

Quantum theory is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it provides the fundamental underpinning of all modern sciences. Without it, we'd have no nuclear power or nuclear weapons, no TV, no computers, no science of molecular biology, no understanding of DNA, no genetic engineering. In Search of Schrodinger's Cat tells the complete story of quantum mechanics, a truth stranger than any fiction. John Gribbin takes us step by step into an ever more bizarre and fascinating place, requiring only that we approach it with an open mind. He introduces the scientists who developed quantum theory. He investigates the atom, radiation, time travel, the birth of the universe, superconductors and life itself. And in a world full of its own delights, mysteries and surprises, he searches for Schrodinger's Cat - a search for quantum reality - as he brings every reader to a clear understanding of the most important area of scientific study today - quantum physics. In Search of Schrodinger's Cat is a fascinating and delightful introduction to the strange world of the quantum - an essential element in understanding today's world.