Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality

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The quantum. The reluctant revolutionary -- The patent slave -- The golden Dane -- The quantum atom -- When Einstein met Bohr -- The prince of duality -- Boy physics. Spin doctors -- The quantum magician -- "A late erotic outburst" -- Uncertainty in Copenhagen -- Titans clash over reality. Solvay 1927 -- Einstein forgets relativity -- Quantum reality -- Does God play dice? For whom Bell's theorem tolls -- The quantum demon -- Timeline -- Glossary.;Describes the conflict between Einstein and Bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of science as the author discusses quantum theory -- "an idea that ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth century." The quantum. The reluctant revolutionary -- The patent slave -- The golden Dane -- The quantum atom -- When Einstein met Bohr -- The prince of duality -- Boy physics. Spin doctors -- The quantum magician -- "A late erotic outburst" -- Uncertainty in Copenhagen -- Titans clash over reality. Solvay 1927 -- Einstein forgets relativity -- Quantum reality -- Does God play dice? For whom Bell's theorem tolls -- The quantum demon -- Timeline -- Glossary.