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Paradox Lost
Philip Russell Wallace
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Description for Paradox Lost
Hardback. Die Vorstellung von der Bedeutung und den Implikationen der Quantenmechanik ist haufig uberholt und mit Paradoxen belastet. Num Pages: 166 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 438.
"Medical scientists use the word `iatrogenic' to refer to disabilities that are the consequence of medical treatment. We believe that some such word might be coined to refer to philosophical difficulties for which philosophers themselves are responsible" Sir Peter Medawar Arguing that quantum theory as it stands is perhaps the most comprehensive, well-verified, and successful theory in the history of science, the author clears away the impression that it is an incomplete, philosophically flawed, and self-contradictory theory. In simple terms accessible to anyone with a little prior knowledge of science, Wallace examines the numerous "paradoxes" and "difficulties" claimed for quantum ... Read more
"Medical scientists use the word `iatrogenic' to refer to disabilities that are the consequence of medical treatment. We believe that some such word might be coined to refer to philosophical difficulties for which philosophers themselves are responsible" Sir Peter Medawar Arguing that quantum theory as it stands is perhaps the most comprehensive, well-verified, and successful theory in the history of science, the author clears away the impression that it is an incomplete, philosophically flawed, and self-contradictory theory. In simple terms accessible to anyone with a little prior knowledge of science, Wallace examines the numerous "paradoxes" and "difficulties" claimed for quantum ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
Number of Pages
166
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387946597
SKU
V9780387946597
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Reviews for Paradox Lost
"I recommend this book to physicists, especially quantum mechanics lecturers and their students. You will enjoy it as I did." Australian & New Zealand Physicist FROM THE REVIEWS: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIKALISCHE CHEMIE "Within the bulk of books introducing non-professionals to quantum physics that of Wallace certainly belongs to the most reasonable ones.” AUSTRALIAN & ... Read more