SEAN CARROLL is a theoretical physicist at the California Institute of Technology, host of the Mindscape podcast, and author of From Eternity to Here, The Particle at the End of the Universe, and The Big Picture. He has been awarded prizes and fellowships by the National Science Foundation, NASA, the American Institute of Physics, and the Royal Society of London, among many others. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, writer Jennifer Ouellette.
Praise for Something Deeply Hidden
“What makes Carroll's new project so worthwhile, though, is that
while he is most certainly choosing sides in the debate, he offers
us a cogent, clear, and compelling guide to the subject while
letting his passion for the scientific questions shine through
every page.”—NPR
“Enlightening and refreshingly bold.”—Scientific American
“Something Deeply Hidden is Carroll’s ambitious and engaging
foray into what quantum mechanics really means and what it tells us
about physical reality.”—Science
“Carroll argues with a healthy restlessness that makes his book
more interesting than so many others in the quantum physics
genre.”—Forbes
“If you want to know why some people take [the Everett] approach
seriously and what you can do with it, then Carroll’s latest is one
of the best popular books on the market.”—Physics Today
“Be prepared to deal with some equations—and to have your mind
blown.”—GeekWire
“By far the most articulate and cogent defense of the Many-Worlds
view in book-length depth with a close connection to the latest
ongoing research.”—Science News
“Solid arguments and engaging historical backdrop will captivate
science-minded readers everywhere.”—Scientific Inquirer
“As a smart and intensely readable undergraduate class in the
history of quantum theory and the nature of quantum
mechanics, Something Deeply Hidden could scarcely be
improved.”—Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Monthly
“Readers in this universe (and others?) will relish the opportunity
to explore the frontiers of science in the company of
titans.”—Booklist
“Fans of popular science authors such as Neil deGrasse Tyson and
John Gribbin will find great joy while exploring these
groundbreaking concepts.”—Library Journal
“[A] challenging, provocative book . . . Moving smoothly through
different topics and from objects as small as particles to those as
enormous as black holes, Carroll’s exploration of quantum theory
introduces readers to some of the most groundbreaking ideas in
physics today.”—Publishers Weekly
“A thrilling tour through what is perhaps humankind's greatest
intellectual achievement—quantum mechanics. With bold clarity,
Carroll deftly unmasks quantum weirdness to reveal a strange but
utterly wondrous reality.”—Brian Greene, professor of physics and
mathematics, director of Columbia's Center for Theoretical Physics,
and author of The Elegant Universe
“Sean Carroll’s immensely enjoyable Something Deeply Hidden brings
readers face to face with the fundamental quantum weirdness of the
universe—or should I say universes? And by the end, you may catch
yourself finding quantum weirdness not all that weird.”—Jordan
Ellenberg, professor of mathematics at the University of
Wisconsin–Madison and author of How Not To Be Wrong
“Sean Carroll is always lucid and funny, gratifyingly readable,
while still excavating depths. He advocates an acceptance of
quantum mechanics at its most minimal, its most austere—appealing
to the allure of the pristine. The consequence is an annihilation
of our conventional notions of reality in favor of an utterly
surreal world of Many-Worlds. Sean includes us in the battle
between a simple reality versus a multitude of realities that feels
barely on the periphery of human comprehension. He includes us in
the ideas, the philosophy, and the foment of revolution. A
fascinating and important book.”—Janna Levin, professor of physics
and astronomy at Barnard College and author of Black Hole Blues
“Sean Carroll beautifully clarifies the debate about the
foundations of quantum mechanics and champions the most elegant,
courageous approach: the astonishing 'Many-Worlds' interpretation.
His explanations of its pros and cons are clear, evenhanded, and
philosophically gob smacking.”—Steven Strogatz, professor of
mathematics at Cornell University and author of Infinite Powers
“Carroll gives us a front-row seat to the development of a new
vision of physics: one that connects our everyday experiences to a
dizzying hall-of-mirrors universe in which our very sense of self
is challenged. It's a fascinating idea, and one that just might
hold clues to a deeper reality.”—Katie Mack, theoretical
astrophysicist at North Carolina State University and author
of The End of Everything
“I was overwhelmed by tears of joy at seeing so many fundamental
issues explained as well as they ever have been. Something
Deeply Hidden is a masterpiece, which stands along with Feynman's
QED as one of the two best popularizations of quantum mechanics
I've ever seen. And if we classify QED as having had different
goals, then it's just the best popularization of quantum mechanics
I've ever seen, full stop.”—Scott Aaronson, professor of computer
science at the University of Texas at Austin and director of UT
Austin's Quantum Information Center
“Irresistible and an absolute treat to read. While this is a book
about some of the deepest current mysteries in physics, it is also
a book about metaphysics, as Carroll lucidly guides us on how to
not only think about the true and hidden nature of reality but also
how to make sense of it. I loved this book.”—Priyamvada Natarajan,
theoretical astrophysicist at Yale University and author of Mapping
the Heavens
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