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The Industrial Revolution meets the quantum-technology revolution!
A steampunk adventure guide to how mind-blowing quantum physics is
transforming our understanding of information and energy. Victorian
era steam engines and particle physics may seem worlds (as well as
centuries) apart, yet a new branch of science, quantum
thermodynamics, reenvisions the scientific underpinnings of the
Industrial Revolution through the lens of today's roaring quantum
information revolution. Classical thermodynamics, understood as the
study of engines, energy, and efficiency, needs reimagining to take
advantage of quantum mechanics, the basic framework that explores
the nature of reality by peering at minute matters, down to the
momentum of a single particle. In her exciting new book, intrepid
Harvard-trained physicist Dr. Nicole Yunger Halpern introduces
these concepts to the uninitiated with what she calls "quantum
steampunk," after the fantastical genre that pairs futuristic
technologies with Victorian sensibilities. While readers follow the
adventures of a rag-tag steampunk crew on trains, dirigibles, and
automobiles, they explore questions such as, "Can quantum physics
revolutionize engines?" and "What deeper secrets can quantum
information reveal about the trajectory of time?" Yunger Halpern
also describes her own adventures in the quantum universe and
provides an insider's look at the work of the scientists obsessed
with its technological promise. Moving from fundamental physics to
cutting-edge experimental applications, Quantum Steampunk explores
the field's aesthetic, shares its whimsy, and gazes into the
potential of a quantum future. The result is a blast for fans of
science, science fiction, and fantasy.
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