Jim Baggott Talks About ‘The Quantum Story’
Jim Baggott talks about his new book The Quantum Story: A History in 40 Moments, published by Oxford University Press.
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If a Tree Falls in the Forest…
If a tree falls in the forest, and there’s nobody around to hear, does it make a sound?
For centuries philosophers have been teasing our intellects with such questions. Of course, the answer depends on how we choose to interpret the use of the word ‘sound’. If by sound we mean compressions and rarefactions in the air which result from the physical disturbances caused by the falling tree and which propagate through the air with audio frequencies, then we might not hesitate to answer in the affirmative.
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