Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens

In Something Deeply Hidden, Carroll rewrites the history of 20th-century physics. He shows that facing up to the essential puzzle of quantum mechanics utterly transforms how we think about space and time. Reconciling quantum mechanics with Einstein’s theory of relativity changes, well, everything. Most physicists haven’t even recognized the uncomfortable truth: physics has been in crisis since 1927.  Quantum mechanics has always had obvious gaps—which have come to be simply ignored.  Science popularizers keep telling us how weird it is, how impossible it is to understand. Academics discourage students from working on the dead end of quantum foundations.  Putting his professional reputation on the line with this audacious yet entirely reasonable book, Carroll shows us a way out.