Since the earliest days of quantum mechanics, its founders have insisted that what goes on inside an atom is impossible to rationally describe. "When it comes to atoms," Neils Bohr once wrote, "language can only be used as in poetry." Adam Kay disagrees. Escape from Shadow Physics is his fiery rebuke to Bohr's mentality and his theory, arguing that quantum physics is as logical, reasonable, and intuitive as any other scientific theory - or at least it will be, if scientists will let it. Thanks to Kay's cutting-edge work at MIT, a genuine understanding of quantum mechanics may be just around the corner. Through bouncing droplets of oil, his team has observed quantum mechanical behavior emerging on a macroscopic scale - a stunning breakthrough indicating that quantum and classical physics are not as irreconcilable as we have been led to think. Engaging and razor-sharp, Escape from Shadow Physics energetically attacks the orthodoxy of modern physics to put forward a bold new idea about the structure of reality. Even better, it may herald the type of true scientific revolution that comes along just once - or less - a century.

Since the earliest days of quantum mechanics, its founders have insisted that what goes on inside an atom is impossible to rationally describe. "When it comes to atoms," Neils Bohr once wrote, "language can only be used as in poetry." Adam Kay disagrees. Escape from Shadow Physics is his fiery rebuke to Bohr's mentality and his theory, arguing that quantum physics is as logical, reasonable, and intuitive as any other scientific theory - or at least it will be, if scientists will let it. Thanks to Kay's cutting-edge work at MIT, a genuine understanding of quantum mechanics may be just around the corner. Through bouncing droplets of oil, his team has observed quantum mechanical behavior emerging on a macroscopic scale - a stunning breakthrough indicating that quantum and classical physics are not as irreconcilable as we have been led to think. Engaging and razor-sharp, Escape from Shadow Physics energetically attacks the orthodoxy of modern physics to put forward a bold new idea about the structure of reality. Even better, it may herald the type of true scientific revolution that comes along just once - or less - a century.