Quantum physics, illusion or reality?

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Quantum physics, illusion or reality?

Alastair I.M. Rae

Cambridge University Press, 1986

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Note

Bibliography: p. 119-121

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this book the author sets out to describe and discuss the philosophical foundations and conceptual problems encountered in the theory of quantum physics. The book describes the basic ideas of quantum physics and discusses both the long standing and the more modern conceptual problems. It then goes on to discuss the 'Measurement Problem' which arises when quantum physics is taken to be the fundamental theory of physics, applicable to large-scale physical systems as well as to atomic phenomena. Various attempts to resolve the resulting contradictions have led some physicists to suggest that human consciousness plays a unique role in the physical world and others to postulate that the physical universe is continually splitting into a huge number of copies of itself. Recent suggestions that quantum physics might be capable of explaining so-called paranormal phenomena are critically reviewed.

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  • NCID
    BA00192652
  • ISBN
    • 052126023X
    • 0521278023
  • LCCN
    85013256
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 123 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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