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*The intellectual adventure story of the "double-slit" experiment, showing how a sunbeam split into two paths first challenged our understanding of light and then the nature of reality itself--and continues to almost 200 years later.*

Many of science's greatest minds have grappled with the simple yet elusive "double-slit" experiment. Thomas Young devised it in the early 1800s to show that light behaves like a wave, and in doing so opposed Isaac Newton. Nearly a century later, Albert Einstein showed that light comes in quanta, or particles, and the experiment became key to a fierce debate between Einstein and Niels Bohr over the nature of reality. Richard Feynman held that the double slit embodies the central mystery of the quantum world. Decade after decade, hypothesis after hypothesis, scientists have returned to this ingenious experiment to help them answer deeper and deeper questions about the fabric of the universe.

How can a single particle behave both like a particle and a wave? Does a particle exist before we look at it, or does the very act of looking create reality? Are there hidden aspects to reality missing from the orthodox view of quantum physics? Is there a place where the quantum world ends and the familiar classical world of our daily lives begins, and if so, can we find it? And if there's no such place, then does the universe split into two each time a particle goes through the double slit?

With his extraordinarily gifted eloquence, Anil Ananthaswamy travels around the world and through history, down to the smallest scales of physical reality we have yet fathomed. Through Two Doors at Once is the most fantastic voyage you can take.

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Advance Praise for Through Two Doors at Once
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“Through Two Doors at Once is a challenging and rewarding survey of how scientists…are grappling with nature’s deepest, strangest secrets.”
--Wall Street Journal*

“A fascinating tour through the cutting-edge physics the experiment keeps on spawning.”
**--Scientific American

“[Through Two Doors at Once] guides us through the quantum lair…a quietly welcome strength of Ananthaswamy’s book is how much human construction comes into focus here... Honest [and] courageous.”
--The Washington Post

"A thrilling survey of the most famous, enduring, and enigmatic experiment in the history of science."
--Kirkus, starred review

“Following up 2015’s acclaimed The Man Who Wasn’t There, Ananthaswamy treats a 19th-century light experiment as a sprawling intellectual adventure story....This accessible, illuminating book shows that no matter how sophisticated the lab setup, the double-slit experiment still challenges physicists.”
--Publisher's Weekly, Top 10 Science Books for Fall 2018

"An excellent and comprehensive exploration of notable double-slit-like experiments."
--Forbes.com

“An engaging and accessible history of a fascinating and baffling experiment that remains inconclusive to this day. Recommended for those interested in the subject or anyone wishing to delve further into the double-slit experiment.”
--Library Journal

“Wondrous book. If I were boarding the Trans-Siberian Railway in Moscow, Anil Ananthaswamy is the companion I’d want in the Lounge car. I would buy him a very good Scotch, say ‘Tell me about quantum physics and the scientists who created it,’ and then I’d sit back contentedly for the seven days to Vladivostok, and listen."
--David Quammen, award-winning author of The Song of the Dodo and (forthcoming) The Tangled Tree

"Upon opening his two quantum doors, Anil Ananthaswamy invites us into the bizarre and wacky world of nature on the smallest of scales. An engaging raconteur, he tells us a story that is confounding, disturbing, and yet eminently fascinating. Ananthaswamy serves as the perfect tour guide to physics' wild side by closely examining one of its most famous experiments."
--Marcia Bartusiak, award-winning author of Einstein's Unfinished Symphony and *Dispatches from Planet 3

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*The intellectual adventure story of the "double-slit" experiment, showing how a sunbeam split into two paths first challenged our understanding of light and then the nature of reality itself--and continues to almost 200 years later.* Many of science's greatest minds have grappled with the simple yet elusive "double-slit" experiment. Thomas Young devised it in the early 1800s to show that light behaves like a wave, and in doing so opposed Isaac Newton. Nearly a century later, Albert Einstein showed that light comes in quanta, or particles, and the experiment became key to a fierce debate between Einstein and Niels Bohr over the nature of reality. Richard Feynman held that the double slit embodies the central mystery of the quantum world. Decade after decade, hypothesis after hypothesis, scientists have returned to this ingenious experiment to help them answer deeper and deeper questions about the fabric of the universe. How can a single particle behave both like a particle and a wave? Does a particle exist before we look at it, or does the very act of looking create reality? Are there hidden aspects to reality missing from the orthodox view of quantum physics? Is there a place where the quantum world ends and the familiar classical world of our daily lives begins, and if so, can we find it? And if there's no such place, then does the universe split into two each time a particle goes through the double slit? With his extraordinarily gifted eloquence, Anil Ananthaswamy travels around the world and through history, down to the smallest scales of physical reality we have yet fathomed. Through Two Doors at Once is the most fantastic voyage you can take. **Review Advance Praise for Through Two Doors at Once * “Through Two Doors at Once is a challenging and rewarding survey of how scientists…are grappling with nature’s deepest, strangest secrets.” --Wall Street Journal* “A fascinating tour through the cutting-edge physics the experiment keeps on spawning.” **--Scientific American “[Through Two Doors at Once] guides us through the quantum lair…a quietly welcome strength of Ananthaswamy’s book is how much human construction comes into focus here... Honest [and] courageous.” --The Washington Post "A thrilling survey of the most famous, enduring, and enigmatic experiment in the history of science." --Kirkus, starred review “Following up 2015’s acclaimed The Man Who Wasn’t There, Ananthaswamy treats a 19th-century light experiment as a sprawling intellectual adventure story....This accessible, illuminating book shows that no matter how sophisticated the lab setup, the double-slit experiment still challenges physicists.” --Publisher's Weekly, Top 10 Science Books for Fall 2018 "An excellent and comprehensive exploration of notable double-slit-like experiments." --Forbes.com “An engaging and accessible history of a fascinating and baffling experiment that remains inconclusive to this day. Recommended for those interested in the subject or anyone wishing to delve further into the double-slit experiment.” --Library Journal “Wondrous book. If I were boarding the Trans-Siberian Railway in Moscow, Anil Ananthaswamy is the companion I’d want in the Lounge car. I would buy him a very good Scotch, say ‘Tell me about quantum physics and the scientists who created it,’ and then I’d sit back contentedly for the seven days to Vladivostok, and listen." --David Quammen, award-winning author of The Song of the Dodo and (forthcoming) The Tangled Tree "Upon opening his two quantum doors, Anil Ananthaswamy invites us into the bizarre and wacky world of nature on the smallest of scales. An engaging raconteur, he tells us a story that is confounding, disturbing, and yet eminently fascinating. Ananthaswamy serves as the perfect tour guide to physics' wild side by closely examining one of its most famous experiments." --Marcia Bartusiak, award-winning author of Einstein's Unfinished Symphony and *Dispatches from Planet 3

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