First published 2019
Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll tackles the biggest crisis in modern physics. Since 1927, quantum mechanics has contained obvious gaps that scientists simply ignore. Science writers tell us quantum behavior is weird and impossible to understand. Professors warn students away from quantum foundations as a dead end. Carroll argues this crisis can end if we accept one startling fact: multiple versions of ourselves exist across many worlds. Every quantum event splits reality. One world continues where the event happened. Another branches off where it did not. This process creates thousands of copies of you each second. Carroll methodically addresses objections to many worlds theory. He shows how accepting multiple realities resolves the contradiction between quantum mechanics and Einstein's relativity. The book transforms our understanding of space, time, and our place in the cosmos.
Genres: science, science-fiction, physics, academic
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: alternate-universe, scientific-discovery
347 pages · Hardcover · Dutton