《光的探索》内容简介
几个世纪以来，阐明光的性质一直是一项与现代科学的诞生和发展密切相关的历程；在经历了许多令人惊讶的曲折之后，最终引出了相对论和量子物理学，这两个理论深刻地改变了我们在微观和宇宙尺度上对世界的看法。
在《光的探索：从伽利略望远镜到奇异量子世界》一书中，诺贝尔物理学奖得主、物理学家塞尔日·阿罗什将自己的求学、职业生涯置于科学发现的丰富谱系中，从伽利略、牛顿到爱因斯坦和费曼，从光速的早期测量到量子纠缠的前沿工作，阿罗什教授对光在我们如何观察和理解宇宙中所扮演的角色进行了深入的探讨。
《光的探索：从伽利略望远镜到奇异量子世界》由两部分交织而成：第一章和最后两章，回顾了作者本人在原子分子光物理（原分光）的实验领域中历经半个世纪的科研生涯,这部分同时也是光的科学史在过去几十年中的最新篇章；第二章到第五章，则为围绕光和物理学史的主线展开的一场引人入胜的完整叙事，作者回溯了现代科学的起源，也给读者介绍了他心中的科学英雄，从伽利略到爱因斯坦。作者获得诺贝尔物理学奖的实验工作所展示的对单个量子系统的操控是目前蓬勃发展的量子信息、量子模拟和量子计量技术的基石，书中对最前沿的量子信息学的科普介绍，是站在科研第一线的科学大师对前沿科技及其未来发展做的权威解读。
本书适合对物理科学与现代科学起源和发展感兴趣的各层次读者阅读，诺奖大师通过生动的文笔、深邃的思想，围绕光的探索，为读者揭开现代科学神秘的面纱。
Introduction to the Exploration of Light
For centuries, eluciding the nature of light has been a process closely associated with the birth and development of modern science; After many surprising twists and turns, it eventually led to relativity and quantum physics, two theories that profoundly changed our view of the world at both the micro and cosmic scales.
In The Quest for Light: In From Galileo's Telescope to the Strange Quantum World, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Serge Haroche places his education and career in a rich spectrum of scientific discoveries, from Galileo and Newton to Einstein and Feynman, from early measurements of the speed of light to cutting-edge work on quantum entanglement, Professor Haroche offers insight into the role light plays in how we observe and understand the universe.
The Search for Light: From Galileo's Telescope to the Strange Quantum World consists of two interwoven parts: the first and last two chapters review the author's half-century of scientific research in the experimental field of atomic and molecular light physics (formerly spectroscopic), which is also the latest chapter in the history of light science in the past few decades; Chapters 2 through 5 provide a fascinating and complete narrative around the history of light and physics, tracing the origins of modern science and introducing readers to his scientific heroes, from Galileo to Einstein. The manipulation of a single quantum system demonstrated by the experimental work of the author, which won the Nobel Prize in physics, is the cornerstone of the current flourishing quantum information, quantum simulation and quantum metrology technology. The introduction of the most cutting-edge quantum information science in the book is the authoritative interpretation of cutting-edge science and technology and its future development by scientific masters standing in the front line of scientific research.
This book is suitable for readers of all levels who are interested in the origin and development of physical science and modern science. Through his vivid writing, profound thoughts and exploration around light, the Nobel Prize master reveals the mystery of modern science for readers.
