The Universe Next Door: the Making of Tomorrow's Science.

MARCUS CHOWN

Physicist Niels Bohr Noun 1. Niels Bohr - Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations; the Bohr theory of the atom accounted for the spectrum of hydrogen (1885-1962)
Bohr, Niels Henrik David Bohr once said to a colleague, "Your idea is crazy. The questions is: Is it crazy enough to be true?" Considering that an idea as counterintuitive coun·ter·in·tu·i·tive
adj.
Contrary to what intuition or common sense would indicate: "Scientists made clear what may at first seem counterintuitive, that the capacity to be pleasant toward a fellow creature is ... as the notion that an atom can be in two places at one time has been proved, maybe Bohr wasn't exaggerating. Chown devotes this exciting book to crazy ideas currently brewing in the minds of theoretical physicists The following is a partial list of theoretical physicists: Ancient Times

Pythagoras^* (circa 569–475 BCE)
Democritus° (circa 460 BCE)
Archimedesº* (287–212 BCE)

15–16th century

Nicolaus Copernicusº (1473-1543)

. Could time run backward? Does quantum theory promise immortality? Might multiple realties be playing out all possible histories? Could these ideas and others that Chown profiles here be true? Evidence is often sketchy, but the concepts are infinitely intriguing and may just be crazy enough. OUP OUP (in Northern Ireland) Official Unionist Party , 2002, 191 p., hardcover, $26.00.

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