Quantum reality

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1. llimllibOct 2011
   What is the best book(s) to read if you want to understand a bit about QED?

   (I understand a bit about quantum physics; the book that helped me the most was Quantum Reality by Nick Herbert)

   edited to add: I want to emphasize that I understand a tiny tiny bit of qp. I posted this comment hoping that there exists some analogue of Herbert's book for QED; a book which guides the motivated but non-physicist reader through the basics of the theory.

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2. mp_cnbOct 2010
   Non-fiction

   - 'The Selfish Gene' - Richard Dawkins

   Grokking the concept changed the way I thought about life forever.

   - 'Quantum Reality' - Nick Herbert

   One of the best introductory level books on quantum physics mysteries. No nonsense.

   - Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig

   The book that introduced me to Kant, Hume and philosophy of science. Just for that, I'm forever indebted to it.

   Some favorite fiction books -

   - Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson Loved 'Snowcrash' too.

   - 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' - Robert Heinlein

   - Anything by Kurt Vonnegut, Milan Kundera, Somerset Maugham

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