{"product_id":"portals-to-a-new-reality-vlatko-vedral-9781541604780","title":"Portals to a New Reality: Five Pathways to the Future of Physics","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhy five revolutionary experiments in quantum physics promise to open the gates separating us from a true understanding of the universe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For the last century, physics has been treading along the paths set by the same two theories--quantum theory and general relativity--and, let's face it, it's getting pretty boring. Most scientists are simply chasing decimal points in laboratories, unable to explore the theories at large scales, where serious discrepancies could emerge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The situation is a lot like the one physics was in in 1890, right before Planck, Einstein, and Bohr blew the roof off Newtonian physics. As Vlatko Vedral argues in \u003ci\u003ePortals to a New Reality\u003c\/i\u003e, that means we are on the brink of a revolution. Vedral shows how quantum information theory has opened radically new avenues for experiments that could upend physics. They can sound very strange--one essentially involves entangling a human with Schr?dinger's cat--but they lay bare elements of our theories that are particularly problematic, such as the widespread belief that nothing truly exists unless it is observed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At present these experiments are thought experiments, albeit fascinating ones. But nothing, save inertia and a lack of ambition, stands in our way. Now is the time to rewrite the understanding of the universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vlatko Vedral\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541604784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541604780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.25w x 1.01d","brand":"Vlatko Vedral","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46767386198271,"sku":"9781541604780","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57ceb22d-0854-472e-80af-4791d286ce61.jpg?v=1744169665","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/portals-to-a-new-reality-vlatko-vedral-9781541604780","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}