Quantum Physics

Illusion or Reality?

Alastair I. M. Rae - Collection Canto

155 pages, parution le 29/09/2004 (2^eme édition)

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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, the possible role of the conscious mind in measurement, and the postulate of parallel universes. This new edition has been revised throughout to take into account developments in this field over the past fifteen years, including the idea of 'consistent histories' to which a completely new chapter is devoted.

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Quantum physics
Which way are the photons pointing?
What can be hidden in a pair of photons?
Wonderful Copenhagen?
Is it all in the mind?
Many worlds
Is it a matter of size?
Backwards and forwards
Only one way forward?
Can we be consistent?
Illusion or reality?

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Alastair I. M. Rae
Collection	Canto
Parution	29/09/2004
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	155
Format	14 x 21,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	211g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521542661
ISBN13	978-0-521-54266-1