{"id":25870,"date":"2010-12-18T09:45:33","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T09:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2010\/12\/18\/how-quantum-mechanics-made-liv\/"},"modified":"2010-12-18T09:45:33","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T09:45:33","slug":"how-quantum-mechanics-made-liv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/18\/how-quantum-mechanics-made-liv\/","title":{"rendered":"How Quantum Mechanics Made Life Worth Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/isB1aVND_RU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Jim Kakalios puts a very humorous spin on quantum mechanics, and while the video may be neither here nor there, the book, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1592406726\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=1592406726&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=grlasbl0a-20&#038;linkId=067b05ef9ce519ba33609d8dce385eb5\">The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science That Made Our World<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=grlasbl0a-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1592406726\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>, consists of the smallest possible number of words to explain the concept in a useful and entertaining way, and thus lays an important planck in anyone&#8217;s physics education.<\/p>\n<p>It has been said that only three people understand quantum mechanics.  Well, one of them is Jim. And, you can be the fourth!<\/p>\n<p>But wait, there&#8217;s more!<\/p>\n<p>Jim Kakalios, Author and Professor, will appear on the next edition of Minnesota&#8217;s Atheist Talk Radio, Thus Sunday (December 19th) 9 &#8211; 10 AM (Central Time).  You can watch it live on AM 950 in the Twin Cities or catch the podcast in a day or two.  <a href=\"http:\/\/mnatheists.org\/content\/blogsection\/4\/38\/\">Details here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Kakalios puts a very humorous spin on quantum mechanics, and while the video may be neither here nor there, the book, The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science That Made Our World, consists of the smallest possible number of words to explain the concept in a useful and entertaining &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/18\/how-quantum-mechanics-made-liv\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How Quantum Mechanics Made Life Worth Living<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40,191],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-6Jg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25870"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}