Quantum Steampunk
The Physics of Yesterday's Tomorrow

The print at the beginning of each chapter is small and difficult to read. The author writes that Will Smith played a sheriff in the movie The Wild, Wild West when the role was of a U.S. Army officer.......more

>> I developed a research program by smashing together quantum physics, information theory, and thermodynamics. This basically describes what the book is about, she describes enough of each of these fields in English so you can understand the basics of her thesis which I believe is on an offshoot of......more

Finished this book on a 14-hour flight. At first, I didn't like this book (up to the first 30%) because the literary language, metaphor and fictional stories used in the book were too distracting and (for me) hard to follow, and some of the analogies were just over the top. It was enough for me to st......more

A wild theoretical run into the what-if's of a world that veered into steam-powered technology encountering quantum physics at a parallel pace to our own. It's greatest strength is in stretching wonder, and playing with quantum mechanics in a way that inevitably remains memorable, intermingled as it......more

Interesting book. Gives a good introduction to Quantum Thermodynamics, and along the way basic quantum theory, information theory and lastly classical thermodynamics. No equations, which in a few places is a bit frustrating but overall it works. When I took quantum mechanics in college there was not......more