Physics:Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality

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Short description: Book by John Gribbin
Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality
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Cover of the first British edition
AuthorJohn Gribbin
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectQuantum theory
Publication date
1995
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages261
ISBNISBN:978-0316328197

Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality is a 1995 book by John Gribbin, in which the author attempts to explain the mysteries of modern quantum mechanics in a popular-scientific way. It is a sequel to his earlier book, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat (1984).

In his epilogue, Gribbin touches on what were then the most recent developments of string theory, and introduces the transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics as the new "mythology" of our time. His argument does not refute the theory, but demonstrates how all theories can be true and mythological (depending on one's perspective).