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Alice And Bob Meet The Wall Of Fire: The Biggest Ideas In Science From Quanta (Mit Press),Used
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Accessible, Essential Coverage Of The Latest Findings In Challenging, Speculative, And Cuttingedge Science, From The Pulitzer Prizewinning Leaders In Scientific Journalism At Quanta Magazineif You'Re A Science And Data Nerd Like Me, You May Be Interested In Alice And Bob Meet The Wall Of Fire . . . From Quanta Magazine And Thomas Lin. Bill Gatesthese 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 Editorinchief Thomas Lin, Is The Only Popular Publication That Offers Indepth Coverage Of Today'S Challenging, Speculative, Cuttingedge 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.In The Title Story, Alice And Bobbeloved Characters Of Various Thought Experiments In Physicsgrapple 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. We 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. We Reflect On Humans Enormous Skulls And The Brain Boom; Consider The Evolutionary Benefits Of Loneliness; Peel Back The Layers Of The Newest Artificialintelligence 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. Winner Of The 2022 Pulitzer Prize For Explanatory Reporting, Quanta Once Again Gives Us A Frontrow Seat To Scientific Discovery.Contributorsphilip 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
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