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. Ed(S): Elitzur, Avshalom C.; Dolev, Shahar; Kolenda, Nancy - Quo Vadis Quantum Mechanics? - 9783540221883 - V9783540221883
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Quo Vadis Quantum Mechanics?

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Description for Quo Vadis Quantum Mechanics? Hardback. Includes topics such as: quantum non-locality, the measurement problem, quantum insights into relativity, cosmology and thermodynamics, and possible bearings of quantum mechanics to biology and consciousness. Editor(s): Elitzur, Avshalom C.; Dolev, Shahar; Kolenda, Nancy. Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 435 pages, 61 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 758.

For more than a century, quantum mechanics has served as a very powerful theory that has expanded physics and technology far beyond their classical limits, yet it has also produced some of the most difficult paradoxes known to the human mind. This book represents the combined efforts of sixteen of today's most eminent theoretical physicists to lay out future directions for quantum physics. The authors include Yakir Aharonov, Anton Zeilinger; the Nobel laureates Anthony Leggett and Geradus 't Hooft; Basil Hiley, Lee Smolin and Henry Stapp. Following a foreword by Roger Penrose, the individual chapters address questions such as quantum non-locality, the measurement ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
435
Condition
New
Series
The Frontiers Collection
Number of Pages
421
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540221883
SKU
V9783540221883
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

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From the reviews: "The book comprises eighteen purpose-written chapters and three others featuring verbatim reports of discussions between workshop participants. … It all makes for an interesting read – much of it quite demanding, and repaying a reader’s commitment to further reflection. … I commend this volume as a thought-provoking and largely entertaining read." (D. ... Read more

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