Beyond the Quantum - A Quest for the Origin and Hidden Meaning of Quantum Mechanics

Based on decades of research, this book offers a panoramic rethink of quantum physics, with potentially revolutionary implications for cosmology, quantum gravity, and quantum technology.

List of contents

• Prologue


• 1: Before the Quantum


• 2: Seeing the Impossible


• 3: Origins of Pilot-Wave Theory


• 4: Transcending Relativity


• 5: Beyond Quantum Physics


• 6: A Message from the Beginning of Time


• 7: Relics from the Early Universe


• 8: Saved by Gravity


• 9: Black Holes and the Edge of Physics


• 10: Beyond Quantum Technology


• Epilogue

About the author

Antony Valentini graduated from Cambridge University and obtained his PhD at the International School for Advanced Studies. He has held research positions at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Imperial College London, and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He was Professor of Physics at Clemson University and is an Academic Visitor at Imperial College London. He is co-author of Quantum Theory at the Crossroads (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

Product details

• Authors: Antony (Academic Visitor Valentini, Valentini Antony
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 16.09.2025
• EAN: 9780198853749
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885374-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, Philosophy of Science, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)