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Canto Classics: Quantum Physics: Illusion or Reality?
Alastair I. M. Rae
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Description for Canto Classics: Quantum Physics: Illusion or Reality?
Paperback. This new edition has been revised throughout to take into account developments in this field over the past fifteen years. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 153 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 24. Illusion or Reality?. 156 pages, illustrations. This new edition has been revised throughout to take into account developments in this field over the past fifteen years. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; PHQ. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 10. Weight: 236.
Quantum physics is believed to be the fundamental theory underlying our understanding of the physical universe. However, it is based on concepts and principles that have always been difficult to understand and controversial in their interpretation. This book aims to explain these issues using a minimum of technical language and mathematics. After a brief introduction to the ideas of quantum physics, the problems of interpretation are identified and explained. The rest of the book surveys, describes and criticises a range of suggestions that have been made with the aim of resolving these problems; these include the traditional, or 'Copenhagen' interpretation, ... Read more
Quantum physics is believed to be the fundamental theory underlying our understanding of the physical universe. However, it is based on concepts and principles that have always been difficult to understand and controversial in their interpretation. This book aims to explain these issues using a minimum of technical language and mathematics. After a brief introduction to the ideas of quantum physics, the problems of interpretation are identified and explained. The rest of the book surveys, describes and criticises a range of suggestions that have been made with the aim of resolving these problems; these include the traditional, or 'Copenhagen' interpretation, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
156
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Canto Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
153
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107604643
SKU
V9781107604643
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Reviews for Canto Classics: Quantum Physics: Illusion or Reality?
The book can be strongly recommended to all who are interested in this fascinating subject, which remarkably demonstrates that physics and philosophy are not two separate disciplines. Peter J. Bussey in Contemporary Physics