Waves in an Impossible Sea: Commentary and Discussion

Here you will find follow-up commentary and ongoing discussion concerning the book Waves in an Impossible Sea. They are organized by chapter. Many but not all entries involve follow-up on specific endnotes.

  • Part IV: Fields
    • 13 Ordinary Fields 169
    • 14 Elementary Fields: A First, Unsettling Look 182
    • 15 Elementary Fields: A Second, Humble Look 212
  • Part V: Quantum
    • 16 The Quantum and the Particle 225
    • 17 The Mass of a Wavicle 234
    • 18 Einstein’s Haiku 251
  • Part VI: Higgs
    • 19 A Field Like No Other 257
    • 20 The Higgs Field in Action 262
    • 21 Basic Unanswered Questions 279
    • 22 Deeper Conceptual Questions 290
    • 23 The Really Big Questions 295
  • Part VII: Cosmos
    • 24 Protons and Neutrons 311
    • 25 The Wizardry of Quantum Fields 320
    • 26 Coda: The Extraordinary in the Ordinary 327

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