Perhaps you’re familiar with the paradox of Schrödinger’s cat; perhaps you’re not. Or, perhaps, if I hadn’t asked you, you would have been both familiar and unfamiliar with it at the same time…
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the physicist or his thought experiment, here’s a brief summary, minus all the complicated details:
- He won the Nobel Prize in 1933.
- He later came up with a thought experiment about quantum physics that involved a cat in a box that was simultaneously alive and dead—until someone looked in the box to check which it was.
Today is Schrödinger’s birthday, and to celebrate, I’d like to recommend Adam Felber’s Schrödinger’s Ball. It only pretends to be about quantum physics; mostly, it’s about being hilarious, and also sort of about the significance of our perceptions.
| Jake Gauslow |
| Adult Services Librarian | |
| jgauslow@friscotexas.gov |
Tags: books, Frisco Public Library, Schrödinger
