Theoretical physicist and philosopher Sean Carroll is known for his unique approach to sharing physics with a broad audience, one that reveals how physicists really think. Drawing on his new book, Quanta and Fields, he takes on quantum field theory—how modern physics describes nature at its most profound level.
Starting with the basics of quantum mechanics itself, Carroll uses measurement and entanglement as a basis for explaining how the world is really made of fields. He offers insights into why matter is solid, why there is antimatter, where the sizes of atoms come from, and why the predictions of quantum field theory are so spectacularly successful. He also approaches fundamental ideas like spin, symmetry, Feynman diagrams, and the Higgs mechanism from accessible, straightforward perspectives that you don’t need to be a scientist to understand.
Copies of Quanta and Fields: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe (Dutton) are available for purchase.
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