Beyond Measure: Modern Physics, Philosophy and the Meaning of Quantum Theory
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Beyond Measure: Modern Physics, Philosophy and the Meaning of Quantum Theory


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Quantum theory is one of the most important and successful theories of modern physical science. It has been estimated that its principles form the basis for about 30 per cent of the world's manufacturing economy. This is all the more remarkable because quantum theory is a theory that nobody understands. Baggott brings the reader up to date with the results of experimental tests of quantum non-locality and complementarity that have been successfully he also reviews the latest thinking on alternative interpretations - pilot waves, decoherence, consciousness, many worlds and God - and the frontiers of quantum cosmology, quantum gravity and potential applications of quantum entanglement in computing, cryptography and teleportation. Quantum theory emerges largely unscathed, only serving to reinforce the point that the theory remains the most powerful framework for explaining observations of the quantum world, but that its orthodox interpretation continues to offer little in the way of understanding in terms of underlying physical processes. Quantum theory remains a mysterious theoretical black top hat from which white rabbits continue to be pulled. Students are usually advised not to ask how this particular conjuring trick is done.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Peter Atkins Preface Part I: Discovery 1: An Act of Desperation 2: Farewell to Certainty 3: An Absolute Wonder Part II: Formalism 4: Quantum Rules 5: Quantum Measurement Part III: Meaning 6: The Schism 7: A Bolt from the Blue 8: Bell's Theorem and Local Reality Part IV: Experiment 9: Quantum Non-locality 10: Complementarity and Entanglement Part V: Alternatives 11: Pilot Waves, Potentials and Propensities 12: An Irreversible Act 13: I Think, Therefore 14: Many Worlds, One Universe Closing Remarks Appendices Bibliography

About the Author :
Dr James Baggott 199 Beech Lane, Earley, Reading RG6 5UP 07775 940 256 0118 9212 134 jim@logosconsulting.co.uk The author has written many popular science articles for newspapers (Independent, Daily Telegraph) and popular science magazines such as New Scientist. He has also appeared on a couple of radio programmes dealing with quantum theory (the last time for a series aired on BBC Radio 4 in late 1999).

Review :
`... brings the reader up to date with the results of experimental tests.' CERN Courier


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780198529279
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 173 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0198529279
  • Publisher Date: 06 Nov 2003
  • Height: 248 mm
  • No of Pages: 400
  • Weight: 895 gr


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