Jeremie Harris has the uncanny ability to make the most esoteric, theoretical science not just understandable - but incredibly engaging. I am fairly certain that nobody else could have explained quantum physics to me in a way that gave me a solid and deep understanding of the processes at work - enough that I could turn around and teach them to someone else. And like the best professors, Harris is compulsively captivating, funny, and engrossing. This isn't a lecture; it's entertainment that feeds the brain. * Jodi Picoult, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Book Of Two Ways *
Quantum mechanics suggests answers to profound questions, such as the nature of time, the ultimate limits of computation and intelligence, and whether all our choices are predetermined. The picture of the universe it paints is so vast and mind blowing it is difficult to accept. Quantum Physics Made Me Do It is a delightful, eye-opening exploration of the biggest questions a human being can ask. Hard science made easy, it's a rare gem that shows just how big the big picture truly is. A terrific, perspective-altering read and a deeply entertaining adventure. * Geordie Rose, Founder of D-Wave, the world's first quantum computing company *
Quantum mechanics is spooky and weird. Consciousness, free will, parallel universes, and eternal life are spooky and weird. Are they connected? Maybe. Maybe not. In Quantum Physics Made Me Do It, Jeremie Harris explores how these connections may be made and what their implications are for everything from personal psychology to public policy. Although quantum physicists are not in agreement on the implications of their science, through such exploratory considerations as those in this book may come breakthroughs in our thinking. * Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic magazine, Presidential Fellow Chapman University, author of Heavens on Earth, The Moral Arc, and The Believing Brain *
Read this book and you'll come away stunned. How could this guy Harris write with such insouciance, such sly humour and still manage to explain a whole lot of quantum mechanics but at the same time astonish you with its implications for subjects like life in the universe and consciousness? * Jay Ingram, award-winning broadcaster and author of the bestselling Science of Why series. *
Jeremie Harris is a very funny scientist. I laughed all the way through the wacky world of quantum mechanics, explained through zombie cats, baseballs and peanuts. It is an enjoyable way to learn about multiverses, the dual nature of particles, our own consciousness and the simple fact that physicists don't have all the answers. * Bob McDonald, host of Quirks and Quarks, and author of the bestselling The Future is Now: Solving the Climate Crisis With Today's Technologies *
