{"product_id":"9780262536349","title":"Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire : A Collection of the Best Quanta Science Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Lin, Thomas (Editor-in-Chief, Quanta Magazine), \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 20\/11\/2018,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 288 pages, 11 b\u0026amp;w illus.,\u003cbr\u003e Series: Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: MIT Press,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: MIT Press Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Popular science\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780262536349\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccessible, essential coverage of the latest findings in challenging, speculative, and cutting-edge science, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning leaders in scientific journalism at Quanta Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese stories reveal the latest efforts to untangle the mysteries of the universe. Bringing together the best and most interesting science stories appearing in Quanta Magazine over the past five years, Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire reports on some of the greatest scientific minds as they test the limits of human knowledge. Quanta, under editor-in-chief Thomas Lin, is the only popular publication that offers in-depth coverage of today’s challenging, speculative, cutting-edge science. It communicates science by taking it seriously, wrestling with difficult concepts and clearly explaining them in a way that speaks to our innate curiosity about our world and ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn the title story, Alice and Bob - beloved characters of various thought experiments in physics - grapple with gravitational forces, possible spaghettification, and a massive wall of fire as Alice jumps into a black hole. Another story considers whether the universe is impossible, in light of experimental results at the Large Hadron Collider.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe learn about quantum reality and the mystery of quantum entanglement; explore the source of time’s arrow; and witness a eureka moment when a quantum physicist exclaims: “Finally, we can understand why a cup of coffee equilibrates in a room.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe reflect on humans’ enormous skulls and the Brain Boom; consider the evolutionary benefits of loneliness; peel back the layers of the newest artificial-intelligence algorithms; follow the “battle for the heart and soul of physics”; and mourn the disappearance of the “diphoton bump,” revealed to be a statistical fluctuation rather than a revolutionary new particle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, Quanta once again gives us a front-row seat to scientific discovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors:\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Ball, K. C. Cole, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Dan Falk, Courtney Humphries, Ferris Jabr, Katia Moskvitch, George Musser, Michael Nielsen, Jennifer Ouellette, John Pavlus, Emily Singer, Andreas von Bubnoff, Frank Wilczek, Natalie Wolchover, Carl Zimmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstone's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44197333958893,"sku":"9780262536349","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780262536349.jpg?v=1691159429","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780262536349","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}