Quantum Mechanics and Experience - Brossura

Albert, David Z.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0674741137 ISBN 13: 9780674741133

Casa editrice: Harvard Univ Pr, 1994

Riassunto

The more science tells us about the world, the stranger it looks. Ever since physics first penetrated the atom, early in this century, what it found there has stood as a radical and unanswered challenge to many of our most cherished conceptions of nature. It has literally been called into question since then whether or not there are always objective matters of fact about the whereabouts of subatomic particles, or about the locations of tables and chairs, or even about the very contents of our thoughts. A new kind of uncertainty has become a principle of science.

This book is an original and provocative investigation of that challenge, as well as a novel attempt at writing about science in a style that is simultaneously elementary and deep. It is a lucid and self-contained introduction to the foundations of quantum mechanics, accessible to anyone with a high school mathematics education, and at the same time a rigorous discussion of the most important recent advances in our understanding of that subject, some of which are due to the author himself.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Harvard Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0674741137
• ISBN 13: 9780674741133
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 222