Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire: A Collection of the Best Quanta Science Stories

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Thomas Lin (Editor-in-Chief, Quanta Magazine) Sean Carroll (California Institute of Technology)

Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire

A Collection of the Best Quanta Science Stories

Thomas Lin (Editor-in-Chief, Quanta Magazine), Sean Carroll (California Institute of Technology)

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MIT Press
20 November 2018

Popular science

Series: Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire

Essential articles from Pulitzer Prize-winning magazine Quanta Magazine on the latest findings in challenging, speculative, and cutting-edge science.

""If you're a science and data nerd like me, you may be

interested in Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire and The Prime Number

Conspiracy from Quanta Magazine and Thomas Lin.""-Bill Gates

UNTANGLING THE MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE- The Pulitzer Prize-winning leaders in scientific journalism take you inside the latest findings in challenging, speculative, and cutting-edge science.

A BILL GATES RECOMMENDED BOOK- ""If you're a science and data nerd like me, you may be interested in Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire.""

Bringing together the best and most interesting science stories from in Quanta Magazine, Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire reports on some of the greatest scientific minds as they test the limits of human knowledge.

In the title story, Alice and Bob-beloved characters of various thought experiments in physics-grapple with gravitational forces, possible spaghettification, and a massive wall of fire as Alice jumps into a black hole. Another story considers whether the universe is impossible, in light of experimental results at the Large Hadron Collider.

We learn about quantum reality and the mystery of quantum entanglement; explore the source of time's arrow; and witness a eureka moment when a quantum physicist exclaims- ""Finally, we can understand why a cup of coffee equilibrates in a room.""

We reflect on humans' enormous skulls and the Brain Boom; consider the evolutionary benefits of loneliness; peel back the layers of the newest artificial intelligence algorithms; follow the ""battle for the heart and soul of physics""; and mourn the disappearance of the ""diphoton bump,"" revealed to be a statistical fluctuation rather than a revolutionary new particle.

Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, Quanta is the only popular publication that offers in-depth coverage of today's challenging, speculative, cutting-edge science. It communicates science by taking it seriously, wrestling with difficult concepts and clearly explaining them in a way that speaks to our innate curiosity about our world and ourselves. With Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire, Quanta once again gives us a front-row seat to scientific discovery.

Foreword by: Sean Carroll (California Institute of Technology)
Edited by: Thomas Lin (Editor-in-Chief Quanta Magazine)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
ISBN: 9780262536349
ISBN 10: 026253634X
Series: Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 20 November 2018
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas Lin is the founding editor-in-chief of Quanta Magazine, an online publication that reports on developments in science and mathematics, with content syndicated in publications such as Wired, The Atlantic, Scientific American and The Washington Post. Lin previously worked for TheNew York Times, where he edited online features and wrote about science, technology and tennis.He has also written for Quanta, The New Yorker, Tennis, and other publications. Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at Caltech and the author of popular science books, including The Big Picture- On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself.

Reviews for Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire: A Collection of the Best Quanta Science Stories

An enjoyable collection that offers a glimpse into new knowledge about our universe. —Library Journal

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Thomas Lin (Editor-in-Chief, Quanta Magazine), Sean Carroll (California Institute of Technology)

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