Quantum Physics - 2nd Edition

Zusatztext "The book can be strongly recommended to all who are interested in this fascinating subject! which remarkably demonstrates that physics and philosophy are not two separate disciplines." Peter J. Bussey in Contemporary Physics Klappentext This new edition has been revised throughout to take into account developments in this field over the past fifteen years. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. Quantum physics; 2. Which way are the photons pointing?; 3. What can be hidden in a pair of photons?; 4. Wonderful Copenhagen?; 5. Is it all in the mind?; 6. Many worlds; 7. Is it a matter of size?; 8. Backwards and forwards; 9. Only one way forward?; 10. Can we be consistent?; 11. Illusion or reality?; Further reading.

Product details

• Authors: Alastair Rae, Alastair I. M. Rae, Alastair I.M. Rae
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.03.2012
• EAN: 9781107604643
• ISBN: 978-1-107-60464-3
• Series: Canto Classics; Canto Classics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; popular science, SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)