An exploration of quantum entanglement and the ways in which it contradicts our everyday assumptions about the ultimate nature of reality.Quantum physics is notable for its brazen defiance of common sense. (Think of Schrödinger's Cat, famously both dead and alive.) An especially rigorous form of quantum contradiction occurs in experiments with entangled particles. Our common assumption is that objects have properties whether or not anyone is observing them, and the measurement of one can't affect the other. Quantum entanglement—called by Einstein "spooky action at a distance"—rejects this assumption, offering impeccable reasoning and irrefutable evidence of the opposite. Is quantum entanglement mystical, or just mystifying? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Jed Brody equips readers to decide for themselves. He explains how our commonsense assumptions impose constraints—from which entangled particles break free.Brody... Views: 290
This sweet chapter book series features magical unicorn princesses and the human girl who befriends them.Welcome to an enchanted land ruled by unicorn princesses! Cressida Jenkins, a unicorn-obsessed girl who is sure that unicorns are real, is invited to visit, and readers will be thrilled to journey to the Rainbow Realm along with her! In each story, Cressida is called to help a unicorn princess and her sisters in a magical adventure.Princess Feather has just returned from her latest adventure, and Princess Flash wants nothing more to join her sister on her next trip. Ernest the wizard lizard creates a magical pair of wings for Flash, and the princesses invite Cressida to come with them to a new realm. But once there, Ernest's spell goes wrong and creates chaos, and Cressida will have to use all her wits to solve the problem before she can return home. Views: 290
A Stan Kraychik Mystery, Book 4Stan Kraychik, Boston hair-dresser extraordinaire, has been hired as the wig master's assistant for the upcoming season of a local opera company. For the main event, Italian opera diva and aging soprano Marcella Ostinata will perform the lead. As the company heads unsteadily towards opening night, murder threatens the entire festival and Stan finds himself playing a crucial role in a deadly grand opera, performed without music, and with real weapons and killers. Views: 290
Bad Boys Love Sports Thorn was projected to be one of the best up-and-coming football players in the country until an injury killed his career, and his dreams. After his injury, he spent most of his time drinking. When he was offered a job as a doctor for a women's pro soccer team, he was happy to be back in the game, but the drinking didn't stop. His new boss refused to tolerate his vices and he couldn't keep his eyes off of her. Gabriella had her dream job managing the women's soccer team in her hometown. All she needed was a doctor. When she found her old classmate down on his luck, she knew he was the right man for the job. Maybe even the right man for her. Will Thorn's drinking and his bad attitude get in the way of his job and their budding attraction? Find out in the first book of Savina Joyce's Bad Boys Love series. Each book features a different couple and can be read as a standalone with a happily ever after... Views: 290
Jake Tiptree and Ellie White are fired up for Eastport, Maine's Great Downeast Snickerdoodle Bake-Off, but when a cunning killer and a devastating fire threaten to ravage the quaint island town, Jake and Ellie must dip into another homemade homicide investigation before all they love goes up in smoke . . . As co-owners of Eastport's beloved waterfront bakery, The Chocolate Moose, Jake and Ellie know their customers expect them to cream the competition. But they're really just in it for fun, hoping to get Jake's daughter-in-law baking again. Those plans collapse when fearsome local curmudgeon Alvin Brown is murdered, and every crumb of evidence points to Tiptree family friend—and all-around sweet guy—Billy Sewell. Billy's sisters beg Jake and Ellie to prove his innocence. After all, lots of folks had gone sour on Alvin—the only thing the retired lawyer liked better than bilking widows was swindling orphans, and several... Views: 290
Hannah Ives' neighbour is on the run, but the past is about to catch up with her in this compelling mystery. Hannah Ives is worried when her friends and long-time neighbours, Peter and Trish Young, are a surprising no-show at her Italian night. The couple seem to have vanished without a trace. Have they made a quick getaway and 'done gone'? As she struggles to make sense of the Youngs' disappearance, Hannah gets a call from Trish. But when she meets up with her heavily disguised friend, their reunion takes a devastating twist. Keen to help Trish, Hannah's investigations lead her to a series of dark discoveries and secrets involving powerful political figures. With stakes getting higher and her own life on the line, can Hannah survive her journey into Trish's past long enough to find out who wants to silence her, and why? Views: 290
Four days, to most people four days is a relatively short amount of time. In some people’s mind this constitutes a long weekend. To Andrew a 30 something year old millennial who has accepted his life is going nowhere, not personally or professionally in four days his world is going to be turned upside down. How you ask? By doing something countless people do every day, by playing hooky from work. Within four days he is going to find out what most people consider fiction and fantasy are in fact real. He’ll be let in on a thousand year old secret treaty between non-humans and humans all because he literally takes a wrong turn while playing hooky. Now he faces pressure from his new wives to accept a new job he has zero qualifications for, to represent people he doesn’t know. Yup, that wasn’t a typo, he gets married twice in four days, talk about shot gun marriages, more like machine gun marriages. He’s got a lot to learn if he’s going to survive this new world he’s been thrust into, want to find out how he handles this Wild Ride? Only one way, read the book.
This book contains polygamist marriages, violence, and in-depth sexual scenes. It is intended only for those of age or older.
The author wishes to publicly note that while yes the book was originally published in October 2020, and pulled for editing. That has so far been done, and the book was re-launched (with a new cover) in February 2021. If you have any problems with the editing contact the editor. Views: 290
