Your alarm goes off, and you head to the kitchen to make yourself
some toast and a cup of coffee. Little do you know, as you savor
the aroma of the steam rising from your cup, that your ordinary
morning routine depends on some of the weirdest phenomena ever
discovered. The world of quantum physics is generally thought of as
hopelessly esoteric. While classical physics gives us the laws
governing why a ball rolls downhill, how a plane is able to fly,
and so on, its quantum cousin gives us particles that are actually
waves, "spooky" action at a distance, and Schrodinger's unlucky
cat. But, believe it or not, even the most mundane of everyday
activities is profoundly influenced by the abstract and exotic
world of the quantum. In Breakfast with Einstein, Chad Orzel
illuminates the strange phenomena lurking just beneath the surface
of our ordinary lives by digging into the surprisingly complicated
physics involved in his (and anyone's) morning routine. Orzel,
author of How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog, explores how
quantum connects with everyday reality, and offers engaging,
layperson-level explanations of the mind-bending ideas central to
modern physics. From the sun, alarm clocks, and the red glow of a
toaster's hot filaments (the glow that launched quantum mechanics)
to the chemistry of food aroma, a typical day is rich with examples
of quantum weirdness. Breakfast with Einstein reveals the hidden
physics all around us, and after reading this book, your ordinary
mornings will never seem quite as ordinary again.
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