The Quantum Moment

How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty

This book explores how quantum mechanics expanded beyond physics into philosophy, culture, and the arts. The authors trace the journey of quantum concepts from scientific theory into public understanding and everyday language. They examine how ideas of uncertainty and probability influenced literature, visual art, and modern thought. The work offers an accessible narrative bridging abstract science and cultural history for general readers.

by Robert P. Crease, Alfred Scharff Goldhaber

W.W. Norton & Company · First published 2014 · 332 pages