Makes it easier to understand other QM books

Any additional comments?

As a non-scientist, and after reading many books on quantum mechanics over a period of years, I appreciated this book for its concise explanation of the different elements of Quantum theory and how they arose.
Because the author did not go into much detail about the Physicists themselves or their lives, but instead stuck to explaining the discoveries and how they fit together in simple ways, I found myself able to grasp and retain much of the larger picture, and understand some of the ideas that had puzzled me, such as quantum decoherence.
Likewise, the presentation of quantum superposition was presented in such a way that gave me more insight into its possibilities.
Also, I never realized the role that Paul Dirac played in the birth of quantum field theory, and I have decided to read some of Dirac's writings.

I listened to this book on audio format at 1.5 times normal speed, which did not seem too fast to grasp the contents. At 1.5x, it took about 2 hours to get through the book. I plan to listen to it again immediately, before going back to other books for review and deeper understanding. Then I will look for more books on this topic to continue to increase my understanding.

This book is not the most comprehensive book on the topic by any means, but after having read it I feel better prepared to continue on with my understanding of quantum theories.

While quantum theory fascinates me, I also like to write Science Fiction, and I look for ways to employ quantum concepts in my writing in a way that is sub-textual rather than expository. (i.e.: Follow the show-don't-tell rule.) I feel that it is worth understanding how the fabric of reality works and integrating it in hopefully subtle ways with human story lines, and not burden readers with concepts and facts.
That is another reason I appreciate the simplicity and straightforwardness of this book.

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A Good Overall Review

Briefly hits the major points from Planck to Heisenberg to EPR and entanglement to particle physics and a little on interpretations.

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Solid.

An easy 4 out of 5 stars. It wasn’t brilliant or anything, but it did what it needed to. Need a short intro to quantum mechanics that’s more useful than navel-gazing between entries of a wiki-Labyrinth? Get this.

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very good information about a difficult topic

Quantum physics is hard to understand for the uninitiated mind but the author of this book makes it easier to get

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Too vague and too technical at the same time

As a Chemical Engineer, I am not completely foreign to many of the topics in this book. At the same time, I am not completely daunted by the math presented. Having said that, this book manages to be too vague to take any reader interested in the subject further than what is easily available in YouTube while being, at the same time, too technical for an average reader that could be interested in an introduction to quantum physics.

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OK but there are better

The reader is clear, but the vocal pacing somewhat stilted. This is a reasonable Very Short Introduction to Quantum Theory. There are much better technical descriptions, much better histories, and much better popular introductions.

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Not as good as Thermodynamics

This is a listen one time book. The author is a little full of himself. Tries, unsuccessfully, to link Quantum Theory with everything. The short intro to Thermodynamic is great listening.

clear and concise. I will reread if need be;)

great introduction peice. easy to understand and absolutely noob friendly. I have gained a level in intellect after listening to this.