The Quantum Universe: Review

For starters, this book is certainly for a particular kind of people. Those kind of people who enjoy science in all of its many different forms, and who are eager to learn new equations and various things about particles and such. It is meant to be as accessable as possible for someone who knows next to nothing about quantum theory, and even physics in general. And in that respect, Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw do as good of a job as they possibly could in terms of explanation. However, because quantum theory deals with the concepts of everything possible happening and things being in multiple places at once and how there are particles that have no size and all of that stuff. Ultimately, everything that they are saying has not been conclusively "verified" yet.

The point is, if you're someone who takes a perverse thrill in understanding extremely complex equations and concepts, read this. Everyone else, stay away.

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