{"id":8681,"date":"2013-10-15T15:13:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T19:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/?p=8681"},"modified":"2013-10-15T15:13:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T19:13:06","slug":"favorite-quantum-physics-in-science-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2013\/10\/15\/favorite-quantum-physics-in-science-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Quantum Physics in Science Fiction?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m doing a bit of work on an idea for physics outreach, which would involve tying a discussion of modern physics to science fiction stories. I have Opinions about this sort of thing, of course, but I also have readers who might think of things I don’t. So, let me throw this out to you all:<\/p>\n

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What is your favorite example of a science fiction story (here meaning print, movie, or television) making use of ideas from quantum physics? What’s your least favorite?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

My favorite stories invoking QM ideas are probably Robert Charles Wilson’s brilliant “Divided by Infinity”<\/a> (which I will draw heavily on if I ever go nuts and start a cult<\/a>), and Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life,” which I guest lectured on<\/a> some time ago (by the way, the transition to WordPress a while back broke all internal links, so here’s a working link to the hypothetical scenario<\/a>).<\/p>\n

But I’m curious to know what other people think, if anybody still reads and comments on blogs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m doing a bit of work on an idea for physics outreach, which would involve tying a discussion of modern physics to science fiction stories. I have Opinions about this sort of thing, of course, but I also have readers who might think of things I don’t. So, let me throw this out to you… Continue reading Favorite Quantum Physics in Science Fiction?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,35,7,37,11,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-movies","category-physics","category-pop_culture","category-science","category-television","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}