Description |
xv, 268 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents |
1. The quest for reality -- 2. Physicists loosing their grip -- 3. Quantum theory takes charge -- 4. Facing the quantum facts -- 5. Wave motion : the sound of music -- 6. Meet the champ : Quantum theory itself -- 7. Describing the indescribable : the quantum interpretation question -- 8. "And then a miracle occurs" : the quantum measurement problem -- 9. Four quantum realities -- 10. Quantum realities : four more -- 11. The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox -- 12. Bell's interconnectedness theorem -- 13. The future of quantum reality -- Appendix 1. Additional readings on quantum reality -- Appendix 2. Quantum number |
Analysis |
Physics Quantum theory Philosophical perspectives |
Notes |
Also published: Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1985 |
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Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [251]-255 |
Subject |
Physics -- Philosophy.
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Quantum theory -- Popular works.
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Quantum theory.
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ISBN |
0712610839 |
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