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"In the 1970s, an eccentric group of physicists in Berkeley, California, banded together to explore the wilder side of science. Dubbing themselves the ""Fundamental Fysiks Group,"" they pursued an audacious, speculative approach to physics, studying quantum entanglement in terms of Eastern mysticism and psychic mind reading. As David Kaiser reveals, these unlikely heroes spun modern physics in a new direction, forcing mainstream physicists to pay attention to the strange but exciting underpinnings of quantum theory."

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An entertaining tale. -- Philadelphia Inquirer [Kaiser] does an admirable job of making the very concepts of quantum mechanics palpable. -- Christian Science Monitor It is hard to write a book about quantum mechanics that is at once intellectually serious and a page-turner. But David Kaiser succeeds. . . . Illuminating. -- Nature It's rare to find quantum physics mentioned in the same breath with sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. . . . I heartily enjoyed How the Hippies Saved Physics. -- Wall Street Journal

...likeable history of an idiosyncratic recent period in science... Independent on Sunday ...Kaiser highlights the group's key role in keeping some major research themes alive. BBC Focus This is an enjoyable read, with an engaging cast of characters... Literary Review ...fascinating journey through some of the more unusual footnotes in the annals of quantum physics...a book brimming with colourful and curious characters... Times Literary Supplement It is hard to write a book about quantum mechanics that is at once intellectually serious and a page-turner. But David Kaiser succeeds...Illuminating. Nature It's rare to find quantum physics mentioned in the same breath with sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll...I heartily enjoyed How the Hippies Saved Physics. The Wall Street Journal Proof that science is at its most interesting when it is at its weirdest. Herald Magazine

It 's rare to find quantum physics mentioned in the same breath with sex, drugs and rock n roll. . . . I heartily enjoyed How the Hippies Saved Physics.

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David Kaiser is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he teaches in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society and the Department of Physics. He lives near Boston.

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