GREAT ISSUES IN SCIENCE

The Quantum Enigma

HSP 124
CRN 8408
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS
11:10 – Noon
Putnam 253
Dr. Aaron Miller

One third of our nation's economy is based on products that were developed using quantum mechanics. For eighty years quantum theory has been proven repeatedly and is arguably the most successful predictive theory in the history of science. Unfortunately, no one really understands it and its deeper implications for our sense of what is physical reality. Guided by the book "Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness" and related readings we discuss the essential mysteries of our quantum world in non-technical, but physically accurate, terms in an effort to explore the bizarre physical and philosophical implications of the fundamental quantum nature of the universe.