How the Hippies Saved Physics Kaiser David Massachusetts Institute of Technology
How the Hippies Saved Physics Kaiser David Massachusetts Institute of Technology Today, quantum information theory is among the most exciting scientific frontiers, attracting billions of dollars in…
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How the Hippies Saved Physics Kaiser David Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Today, quantum information theory is among the most exciting scientific frontiers, attracting billions of dollars in funding and thousands of talented researchers. How the Hippies Saved Physics introduces us to a band of freewheeling physicists who defied the imperative to "shut up and calculate" and helped to rejuvenate modern physics.For physicists, the 1970s were a time of stagnation. But as MIT physicist and historian David Kaiser reveals, this cutting-edge field has a surprisingly psychedelic past.
Dissatisfied, underemployed, and eternally curious, an eccentric group of physicists in Berkeley, California, banded together to throw off the constraints of the physics mainstream and explore the wilder side of science. Jobs became scarce, and conformity was encouraged, sometimes stifling exploration of the mysteries of the physical world. Dubbing themselves the