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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1175300 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".