{"product_id":"a-guess-at-the-riddle-david-z-albert-9780674304963","title":"A Guess at the Riddle: Essays on the Physical Underpinnings of Quantum Mechanics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eQuantum Mechanics and Experience\u003c\/i\u003e comes a \"provocative\" (\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"deeply important\" (\u003ci\u003eMind\u003c\/i\u003e) attempt at making sense of the strange laws of quantum mechanics.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA century ago, Niels Bohr and a circle of brilliant physicists argued that the search for an objective, realistic, and mechanical picture of the inner workings of the atom was doomed to fail. Today, there is widespread agreement among philosophers and physicists that Bohr and his colleagues were wrong. But the question of what a correct picture might be remains unsettled. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Guess at the Riddle, \u003c\/i\u003e philosopher David Z Albert offers a possibility. He argues that the strange features of quantum mechanics begin to make sense once we conceive of the wave function, vibrating and evolving in high-dimensional space, as the concrete, fundamental \"stuff\" of the universe. Constructing the defining elements of quantum mechanics from scratch, he shows how the entire history of our familiar, three-dimensional universe can be discerned in the wave function's intricate pattern of ripples and whorls. A major new work in the foundations of physics, \u003ci\u003eA Guess at the Riddle \u003c\/i\u003eis poised to transform our understanding of the basic architecture of the universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Z. Albert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674304969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674304963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"David Z. Albert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520099627263,"sku":"9780674304963","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2fcb2819-42d0-4820-b73c-43b573458e27.jpg?v=1778740742","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-guess-at-the-riddle-david-z-albert-9780674304963","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}