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How the Hippies Saved Physics 
 


 

David's Kaiser's new book explore how a handful of countercultural scientists changed the course of physics in the 1970s and helped open up the frontier of quantum information.

 

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Story at MIT News

Video Talk at PBS

Story at MIT Spectrum

Book information and reviews at W.W. Norton & Company

David Kaiser | Program in Science, Technology, and Society

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