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How the hippies saved physics : science, counterculture, and the quantum revival /

Describes how a quirky band of misfit science students at Berkeley in the 1970s altered the course of modern physics while studying quantum theory alongside Eastern mysticism and psychic mind reading while lounging in hot tubs and dabbling with LSD.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaiser, David
Corporate Author: Fundamental Fysiks Group (Berkeley, Calif.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, [2011]
Subjects:
Physicists > California > Berkeley > Biography.
Quantum theory.
Counterculture.
Description
Summary:Describes how a quirky band of misfit science students at Berkeley in the 1970s altered the course of modern physics while studying quantum theory alongside Eastern mysticism and psychic mind reading while lounging in hot tubs and dabbling with LSD.
Physical Description:xxvi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780393076363 (hardcover)
0393076369 (hardcover)