Great, accessible book on quantum mechanics and interpretations of it. Highly recommended: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005KDDTXM/ … @Outsideness
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This one is good too "Age of Entanglement". On quantum mechanics and its unusual results, with interesting history: http://www.amazon.com/The-Age-Entanglement-Quantum-Physics/dp/1400095263 …
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One of the most interesting things about quantum mechanics is that it predicts that two particles can be "entangled"
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such that they can be separated and when one is observed it appears to affect the state of the other. Einstein called this
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"spooky action at a distance", and he wrote a paper arguing that quantum mechanics must therefore be incomplete (EPR paradox),
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preferring "local realism" and "hidden variables". Later, John Bell showed that local realism has to be discarded to be consistent with QM.
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It's an open question whether reality is nonlocal or lacking "realism", and the two books above discuss this issue.
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