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The Infamous Boundary W. Faris

The Infamous Boundary By W. Faris

The Infamous Boundary by W. Faris


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Provides a portrait of the essence of the disputes, both epistemological and technical, that characterize contemporary inquiry. This book is suitable for physicists, mathematicians, philosophers, and civilians who want a comprehensive survey of this pesky episode in fundamental physical theory.

The Infamous Boundary Summary

The Infamous Boundary: Seven Decades of Heresy in Quantum Physics by W. Faris

Provides (an)...accurate portrait of the essence of the disputes, both epistemological and technical, that characterize contemporary inquiry. This book will profit any reader-physicist, mathematician, philosopher, or civilian-who wants a comprehensive and intelligible survey of this pesky episode in fundamental physical theory.-CHOICE
I have no hesitation in recommending this book to anyone interested in the history, philosophy or sociology of science, and it is worth adding to the library shelf on quantum theory.-PHYSICS WORLD

Table of Contents

1. Prologue I: Atoms.- 2. Prologue II: Quanta.- 3. Revolution, Part I: Heisenberg's Matrices.- 4. Revolution, Part II: Schroedinger's Waves.- 5. Uncertainty.- 6. Complementarity.- 7. The Debate Begins.- 8. The Impossibility Theorem.- 9. EPR.- 10. The Post-War Heresies.- 11. Bell's Theorem.- 12. Dice Games and Conspiracies.- 13. Testing Bell.- 14. Loopholes.- 15. The Impossible Observed.- 16. Paradoxes.- 17. Philosophies.- 18. Principles.- 19. Opinions.- 20. Speculations.- PostScript.- Appendix by William Faris.- Notes.

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NPB9780387947266
9780387947266
0387947264
The Infamous Boundary: Seven Decades of Heresy in Quantum Physics by W. Faris
New
Paperback
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
19980727
332
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