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How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival

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"In the 1970s, amid severe cutbacks in physics funding, a small group of underemployed physicists in Berkeley decided to throw off the constraints of academia and explore the wilder side of science. Dubbing themselves the 'Fundamental Fysiks Group,' they pursued a freewheeling, speculative approach to physics. Some dabbled with LSD while conducting experiments. They studied quantum theory alongside Eastern mysticism and psychic mind reading, discussing the latest developments while lounging in hot tubs. Unlikely as it may ...

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How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival 2012, W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN-13: 9780393342314

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How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival 2011, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780393076363

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How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival 2011, Blackstone Audiobooks, Ashland, Or.

ISBN-13: 9781441789822

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How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival 2011, Blackstone Audiobooks

ISBN-13: 9781441789815

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