Product Description

Science has made a mighty advance since it originated in ancient Greece more than 2500 years ago. Yet we still live in Plato's cave today; we think everything around us moves continuously, but continuous motion is merely a shadow of real motion. This book will lead you to walk out the cave along a logical and comprehensible road. After passing Zeno's arrow, Newton's inertia, Einstein's light, and Schrodinger's cat, you will reach the real world, where every thing in the universe, whether it is an atom or a ball or even a star, ceaselessly jumps in a random and discontinuous way. In a famous metaphor, God does play dice with the universe. Discovering motion is not continuous but discontinuous and random is like finding the Earth is not at rest but moving. The new discovery may finally solve Zeno's paradoxes and the quantum puzzle, and it will lead to a profound shift in our world view.

Book reviews:

Your book is simply beautiful!
---- Lubos Motl, string theorist. His The Reference Frame is the best theoretical physics blog.

I enjoyed reading it.
---- Tommaso Dorigo, experimental particle physicist. His A Quantum Diaries Survivor is the best experimental physics blog.

Its very existence is at any rate, an excellent illustration of the extent to which physical data force us to depart from commonsense ideas when we try to depict reality “as it really is”.
---- Bernard d'Espagnat, theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, Templeton Prize 2009 Laureate, University of Paris, Orsay

Your book and thoughts are worth reading.
---- Fred Alan Wolf, quantum physicist, popular author of 11 books including the National Book Award Taking the Quantum Leap: The New Physics for Nonscientists.

The idea of using discontinuous motion as a realist interpretation of quantum mechanics is original.
---- Reviewer of Foundations of Physics

I fully agree with your idea of discontinuous movement.
---- Antoine Suarez, quantum physicist, Center for Quantum Philosophy, Zurich

If it goes through, this would be an original and significant contribution to the debate over the nature of motion.
---- Reviewer of American Philosophical Quarterly

Congratulations over the enthusiastic reception of your book.
---- Abner Shimony, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Physics at Boston University, one of the most eminent physicist-philosophers.

It is a wonderful illumination of the discrete/continuum problem... Everyone should enjoy your concise writing style and, more so, the poetic repeats of what God does or does not do with dice.
---- Joseph Mazur, Professor of Mathematics at Marlboro College, PEN Award winning author of Euclid in the Rainforest: Discovering Universal Truth in Mathematics

In spite of my doubting of your strong claims, I did find your book entertaining.
---- Henry Stapp, quantum physicist, Theoretical Physics Group Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory University of California Berkeley

A sense of relief at last! Gao has done it, with no metaphysics and magic. He seems to have no life-style to justify and no axe to grind against any belief system. Then pure physics and objectivity prevails.
---- Dr. Philip P. Benjamin, USA

I am one of those people "plagued by the quantum puzzle": none of the explanations given by great physicists about the behavior of the microscopic world ever satisfied me. Let me say I know the discomfort you felt about quantum mechanics, wave equations, indetermination principle and all the rest. Why am I saying all this? Simple, I'm reading your books, following your logic and opening my eyes that have been blind for so long... I have read many books on the TOE (Theory Of Everything) subject: string theory, quantum loop gravity, you name it. Many have started where great minds, like Einstein's, have left. They have done new theories, made new mathematical tools... This time is different: I feel your original ideas are the right ones.
---- Dr. Marco De Lellis, Italy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2186598 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 140 pages

About the Author
Shan Gao graduated from the Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Science in 1995. He is a theoretical physicist, whose major interests are in foundations of quantum theory, superluminal communication and quantum consciousness etc. His original ideas, including random discontinuous motion, quantum superluminal communication and quantum panpsychism, have been published in professional journals such as International Journal of Theoretical Physics, Foundations of Physics and Minds and Machines etc. He is the author of Quantum Motion - Unveiling the Mysterious Quantum World and two other Chinese books. His first popular science book Quantum (in Chinese) is very successful, and it has sold about ten thousands copies in China during the last four years.

Customer Reviews

Thought Provoking Book
God Does Play Dice With the Universe is a great book for anyone interested in the quantum theory and its implications. Its only 100 pages and double spaced, so can be easily read in one or two nights. Gao covers many thought provoking topics including the "cause of motion" and discrete space and time. While I didn't always agree with his insights, they are certainly of interest to consider. David McMahon, author of "Quantum Mechanics Demystified".