Beyond measure

Jim Baggott

396 pages, parution le 11/02/2004

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Résumé

Quantum theory is one of the most important and successful theories of modern physical science. A fact all the more remarkable because quatum theory is a theory that few understand.

Most academic textbooks on the subject are written for specialists, filled with complex jargon and dense mathematics. In contrast there are many popular presentations of the inherent 'weirdness' of the quantum world that are light on jargon and contain no mathematics.Together these presentations serve to create the impression that there are two theories - the 'serious, one and the 'wierd' one. Baggott successfully bridges the gulf between these presentations by grounding the discussion of the theory's profound problems directly in its mathematical formalism in a way that under-graduate students and interested individuals can follow.

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Sommaire

Foreword by Peter Atkins
Preface

Discovery
- An Act of Desperation
- Farewell to Certainty
- An Absolute Wonder

Formalism
- Quantum Rules
- Quantum Measurement

Meaning
- The Schism
- A Bolt from the Blue
- Bell's Theorem and Local Reality

Experiment
- Quantum Non-locality
- Complementarity and Entanglement

Alternatives
- Pilot Waves, Potentials and Propensities
- An Irreversible Act
- I Think, Therefore
- Many Worlds, One Universe
- Closing Remarks

Appendices
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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Jim Baggott
Parution	11/02/2004
Nb. de pages	396
Format	16,8 x 24
Couverture	Broché
Poids	760g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780198525363
ISBN13	978-0-19-852536-3