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No man is an island – the early days of the quantum revolution

07 Jul 2021 Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Taken from the July 2021 issue of Physics World.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein reviews Helgoland by Carlo Rovelli

Helgoland
A journey into quantum physics Carlo Rovelli’s new book Helgoland takes its title from the name of a German island in the North Sea, where Werner Heisenberg developed some of his ideas about quantum mechanics. (Courtesy: iStock/Frank Fichtmüller)
Carlo Rovelli’s new book Helgoland is, ostensibly, a journey into quantum physics. The story is to

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a contributing columnist for Physics World and a theoretical physicist at the University of New Hampshire, US
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