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Books like Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
The best books like Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime are The Fabric of the Cosmos, A Brief History of Time, and The Elegant Universe. Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime by Sean Carroll is about quantum mechanics, many-worlds interpretation, reality. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Fabric of the Cosmos
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Brian Greene · Science
The Fabric of the Cosmos is Brian Greene's attempt to explain what physicists actually mean when they talk about space and time — not the intuitive everyday notions, but the deeply strange picture that emerges from general relativity and quantum mechanics.
Shares quantum mechanics and reality with Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime.
Read the summary → - A Brief History of Time
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Stephen Hawking · Science
A Brief History of Time is Stephen Hawking's attempt to explain the biggest questions in physics — where the universe came from, how it behaves, and where it might be going — to readers with no scientific training.
Both dig into quantum mechanics.
Read the summary → - The Elegant Universe
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Brian Greene · Science
The Elegant Universe is Brian Greene's attempt to bring string theory — one of the most mathematically demanding ideas in modern physics — within reach of general readers.
Both dig into quantum mechanics.
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- Our Mathematical Universe
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Max Tegmark · Science
Our Mathematical Universe is Max Tegmark's argument for what he calls the Mathematical Universe Hypothesis: the bold claim that the universe is not merely described by mathematics but is a mathematical structure.
Both dig into reality.
Read the summary → - In Search of Schrödinger's Cat
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In Search of Schrödinger's Cat
John Gribbin · Science
John Gribbin's 1984 book remains one of the most thorough popular introductions to quantum mechanics ever written.
Both dig into quantum mechanics.
Read the summary → - Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You
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Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You
Marcus Chown · Science
Marcus Chown, a former radio astronomer and longtime science writer, takes two of the most counterintuitive theories in physics — quantum mechanics and special relativity — and presents them in a single short book aimed squarely at readers who find both intimidating.
Both dig into quantum mechanics.
Read the summary → - Reality Is Not What It Seems
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Carlo Rovelli · Science
Reality Is Not What It Seems is Rovelli's most ambitious popular book: a history of human understanding of physical reality from the pre-Socratics to loop quantum gravity, the theory of quantum spacetime that Rovelli himself has spent his career developing.
Both dig into quantum mechanics.
Read the summary → - Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli · Science
Carlo Rovelli, a theoretical physicist best known for his work on loop quantum gravity, wrote this book originally as a series of essays for an Italian Sunday newspaper.
Both dig into quantum mechanics.
Read the summary → - Six Easy Pieces
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Richard P. Feynman · Science
Six Easy Pieces is a selection of six lectures from Richard Feynman's legendary Caltech introductory physics course, delivered in 1961–62 and published in full as The Feynman Lectures on Physics.
Both dig into quantum mechanics.
Read the summary → - The Emperor's New Mind
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Roger Penrose · Science
The Emperor's New Mind is Roger Penrose's argument that human consciousness cannot be reproduced by any computational device — that the mind is not, in the relevant sense, a computer — and that understanding consciousness will require fundamental advances in physics, particularly in reconciling quantum mechanics with general relativity.
Both dig into quantum mechanics.
Read the summary → - The Fabric of Reality
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David Deutsch · Science
The Fabric of Reality is David Deutsch's argument that four distinct strands of explanation — quantum physics, epistemology, the theory of evolution, and the theory of computation — are not separate fields but facets of a single unified description of reality.
Both dig into quantum mechanics.
Read the summary → - The Grand Design
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Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow · Science
The Grand Design is Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow's short, provocative book about the deepest questions in physics: Why is there something rather than nothing?
Both dig into quantum mechanics.
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Books like Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime: quick answers
What are the best books like Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime?
The best books like Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime by Sean Carroll are The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene, A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene, Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat by John Gribbin, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime, such as quantum mechanics, many-worlds interpretation, reality.
What should I read after Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime?
A natural next read after Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime is The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene. Shares quantum mechanics and reality with Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime. Other strong choices are A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene, Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark.
What books are similar to Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime by Sean Carroll?
Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime centers on quantum mechanics, many-worlds interpretation, reality. Books with a similar feel include The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene, A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene, Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat by John Gribbin, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You by Marcus Chown — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
