| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 311 pages) : portraits |
| Series |
Frontiers collection, 1612-3018 |
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Frontiers collection. 1612-3018
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| Contents |
First Encounters.-Big Issues -- My Favorite Interpretation -- Quantum States -- Randomness -- Quantum Probabilities -- The Measurement Problem -- Bell's Inequalities -- Quantum Information -- Reconstructions -- The Experiment of My Dreams -- Switching Sides -- Beliefs and Values -- The Role of Philosophy -- Unification -- The Next Big Bang -- Dear Oracle -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Index |
| Summary |
Quantum mechanics is one of mankind's most remarkable intellectual achievements. Stunningly successful and elegant, it challenges our deepest intuitions about the world. For this book, seventeen leading scientists and philosophers, all deeply concerned with understanding quantum mechanics, were interviewed about the central issues. Their responses provide us with an intimate look at the radically different ways of making sense of the theory's strangeness. What is the quantum mechanics about? What is it telling us about nature? Can recent developments, such as quantum information, help lift the |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Quantum theory.
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Quantum Theory
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Physique.
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Astronomie.
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Quantum theory
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schlosshauer, Maximilian, 1976-
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| LC no. |
2011931972 |
| ISBN |
9783642208805 |
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3642208800 |
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3642208797 |
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9783642208799 |
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