Sneaking a look at God's cards : unraveling the mysteries of quantum mechanics / GianCarlo Ghirardi...
Sneaking a look at God's cards : unraveling the mysteries of quantum mechanics / GianCarlo Ghirardi...
Sneaking a look at God's cards : unraveling the mysteries of quantum mechanics / GianCarlo Ghirardi ; translated from the Italian by Gerald Malsbary.
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005.
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N539/56
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Language
English
Italian
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Physical Description
Physical content
xix, 488 p. : ill.
Contents
Ch. 1. The collapse of the "classical" world view -- Ch. 2. The polarization of light -- Ch. 3. Quanta, chance events, and indeterminism -- Ch. 4. The superposition principle and the conceptual structure of the theory -- Ch. 5. Visualization and scientific progress -- Ch. 6. The interpretation of th...
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c2005.
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Summary
"Sneaking a Look at God's Cards offers the general reader a deep and real understanding of the problems inherent to the interpretation of quantum mechanics, from its inception to the present. The book presents a balanced overview of current debates and explores how the theory of quantum mechanics plays itself out in the real world. Written from the...
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Sneaking a look at God's cards : unraveling the mysteries of quantum mechanics / GianCarlo Ghirardi ; translated from the Italian by Gerald Malsbary.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2005.
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N539/56
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74VK2rgbr7E3
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ISBN
0691121397 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780691121390 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
539
MMS ID
991018058729702626
