The Quantum Rules: How the Laws of Physics Explain Love, Success, and Everyday Life
Now a New York Times Bestseller!

Here is a book to lead you through the fascinating intersections of life and physics with humor and intelligence.

Find out how the laws of physics define every aspect of our lives and society, from human nature and relationships to geopolitical issues like financial markets, globalization and immigration. The Quantum Rules is a different kind of physics book, as easy to read as a novel and directly relevant for everyday life issues that affect us all. It is not meant to dazzle you with unproven speculations that have no bearing on your life. Rather, The Quantum Rules will familiarize you with the important and established laws at the heart of physics, in a way never done before – by showing how the defining patterns of our lives, our behavior and our society already follow similar rules.

Never took an interest in science before? No problem! you will still understand everything and find plenty to relate to. A scientist or a science junkie? You will find a different perspective on things you may already know. Best of all, you will discover how to have meaningful conversations about physics in a way that won’t make eyes glaze over, and in which all can gladly participate.

The Quantum Rules also does something you would never expect from a book on physics – it makes you laugh, often. Its new and original take on established natural laws injects plenty of dry humor into this serious subject, by using life to explain physics and in turn using physics to understand life.
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The Quantum Rules: How the Laws of Physics Explain Love, Success, and Everyday Life
Now a New York Times Bestseller!

Here is a book to lead you through the fascinating intersections of life and physics with humor and intelligence.

Find out how the laws of physics define every aspect of our lives and society, from human nature and relationships to geopolitical issues like financial markets, globalization and immigration. The Quantum Rules is a different kind of physics book, as easy to read as a novel and directly relevant for everyday life issues that affect us all. It is not meant to dazzle you with unproven speculations that have no bearing on your life. Rather, The Quantum Rules will familiarize you with the important and established laws at the heart of physics, in a way never done before – by showing how the defining patterns of our lives, our behavior and our society already follow similar rules.

Never took an interest in science before? No problem! you will still understand everything and find plenty to relate to. A scientist or a science junkie? You will find a different perspective on things you may already know. Best of all, you will discover how to have meaningful conversations about physics in a way that won’t make eyes glaze over, and in which all can gladly participate.

The Quantum Rules also does something you would never expect from a book on physics – it makes you laugh, often. Its new and original take on established natural laws injects plenty of dry humor into this serious subject, by using life to explain physics and in turn using physics to understand life.
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The Quantum Rules: How the Laws of Physics Explain Love, Success, and Everyday Life

The Quantum Rules: How the Laws of Physics Explain Love, Success, and Everyday Life

by Kunal K. Das
The Quantum Rules: How the Laws of Physics Explain Love, Success, and Everyday Life

The Quantum Rules: How the Laws of Physics Explain Love, Success, and Everyday Life

by Kunal K. Das

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Now a New York Times Bestseller!

Here is a book to lead you through the fascinating intersections of life and physics with humor and intelligence.

Find out how the laws of physics define every aspect of our lives and society, from human nature and relationships to geopolitical issues like financial markets, globalization and immigration. The Quantum Rules is a different kind of physics book, as easy to read as a novel and directly relevant for everyday life issues that affect us all. It is not meant to dazzle you with unproven speculations that have no bearing on your life. Rather, The Quantum Rules will familiarize you with the important and established laws at the heart of physics, in a way never done before – by showing how the defining patterns of our lives, our behavior and our society already follow similar rules.

Never took an interest in science before? No problem! you will still understand everything and find plenty to relate to. A scientist or a science junkie? You will find a different perspective on things you may already know. Best of all, you will discover how to have meaningful conversations about physics in a way that won’t make eyes glaze over, and in which all can gladly participate.

The Quantum Rules also does something you would never expect from a book on physics – it makes you laugh, often. Its new and original take on established natural laws injects plenty of dry humor into this serious subject, by using life to explain physics and in turn using physics to understand life.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781632204592
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 07/21/2015
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Kunal K. Das is a Professor of Physics and an active researcher in the fields of Nanotechnology and Ultracold Atoms with ongoing funding from the National Science Foundation. He has authored dozens of refereed journal publications and has held teaching and research appointments at several institutions including SUNY, Penn State, Fordham, Optical Sciences Center, and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Atypically for a physicist, he has a lifelong interest in the humanities and pop culture and a passion for classic literature, giving him a unique view of physical laws from the perspective of broader human experiences. He is currently a Professor at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and a Scholar of the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 A Quantum Of Happiness 1

Chapter 2 The Heisenberg Compromises 17

Chapter 3 Entropy Is Messing With Your Life 29

Chapter 4 The Laziness Clause 41

Chapter 5 Global Effects Of Potential Gradients 57

Chapter 6 Coping With It All By Scaling and Renormalization 73

Chapter 7 Stereotyping Statistical Mechanics 89

Chapter 8 Fluctuation Will Lead To Dissipation 103

Chapter 9 The Wave Mechanics Of Relationships 119

Chapter 10 Rules Of Attraction 137

Chapter 11 Newton's Laws Of Human Dynamics 149

Chapter 12 Quantum Theory Of Social Interactions 161

Chapter 13 Sexually Broken Symmetry 173

Chapter 14 Resonance will set you Free 189

Chapter 15 Fame And The Existential Crisis Of Schrödinger's Cat 203

Chapter 16 Mytime Is Not Your Time 217

Chapter 17 Optimism Collapse On The World Line 231

Chapter 18 It Is All On The Surface 247

Chapter 19 The Exclusion Principle 257

Chapter 20 The Middle Path Integral Of Life 269

Chapter 21 A Current Formula For Success 281

Afterword 295

Index 299

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