Portals to a New Reality: Five Pathways to the Future of Physics by Vedral, Vlatko

Portals to a New Reality: Five Pathways to the Future of Physics

An Oxford physicist "seeks to shatter complacency" (David Deutsch) in modern physics and show why five revolutionary...
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Portals to a New Reality: Five Pathways to the Future of Physics by Vedral, Vlatko

Portals to a New Reality: Five Pathways to the Future of Physics

$49.03

Portals to a New Reality: Five Pathways to the Future of Physics

$49.03
Author: Vlatko Vedral
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
An Oxford physicist "seeks to shatter complacency" (David Deutsch) in modern physics and show why five revolutionary experiments in quantum physics promise to open the gates separating us from a true understanding of the universe

For the last century, physics has been treading along the paths set by the same two theories--quantum theory and general relativity--and, let's face it, it's getting pretty boring. Most scientists are simply chasing decimal points in laboratories, unable to explore the theories at large scales, where serious discrepancies could emerge.

The situation is a lot like the one physics was in in 1890, right before Planck, Einstein, and Bohr blew the roof off Newtonian physics. As Vlatko Vedral argues in Portals to a New Reality, that means we are on the brink of a revolution. Vedral shows how quantum information theory has opened radically new avenues for experiments that could upend physics. They can sound very strange--one essentially involves entangling a human with Schrödinger's cat--but they lay bare elements of our theories that are particularly problematic, such as the widespread belief that nothing truly exists unless it is observed.

At present these experiments are thought experiments, albeit fascinating ones. But nothing, save inertia and a lack of ambition, stands in our way. Now is the time to rewrite the understanding of the universe.

Author: Vlatko Vedral
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 10/28/2025
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781541604780


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2025

About the Author
Vlatko Vedral is a professor of physics at the University of Oxford, known for both his theoretical work and experimental collaborations on quantum information and entanglement. He is also the author of DecodingReality, as well as several textbooks on quantum physics and general relativity. He lives in Oxford, UK.

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