Quantum mechanics is one of the most successful of scientific theories, but what does it actually mean? From Schrodinger's Cat to Many Worlds, Jim Baggott guides us through the many attempts to determine its meaning. Richard Feynman once declared that 'nobody understands quantum mechanics'. This book will tell you why.
Quantum mechanics is one of the most successful of scientific theories, but what does it actually mean? From Schrodinger's Cat to Many Worlds, Jim Baggott guides us through the many attempts to determine its meaning. Richard Feynman once declared that 'nobody understands quantum mechanics'. This book will tell you why.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jim Baggott is an award-winning science writer. He trained as a scientist at the University of Oxford before embarking on post-doctoral research studies at Oxford and at Stanford University in California. He gave up a tenured lectureship at the University of Reading after five years in order to gain experience in the commercial world. He worked for Shell International Petroleum for 11 years before leaving to establish his own business consultancy and training practice. Jim's many books include Quantum Space (OUP, 2018), Mass (OUP, 2017), for which he won the 2020 Premio Cosmos prize, Origins (OUP, 2015), Higgs (OUP, 2012), The Quantum Story (OUP, 2011), and A Beginner's Guide to Reality (Penguin, 2005).
Inhaltsangabe
Preamble Prologue: Why Didn't Somebody Tell Me About All This Before? 1: The Complete Guide to Quantum Mechanics (Abridged) 2: Just What is This Thing Called 'Reality', Anyway? 3: Sailing on the Sea of Representation 4: When Einstein Came Down to Breakfast 5: ...So Just Shut Up and Calculate 6: ...But We Need to Reinterpret What it Says 7: ...So We Need to Add Some Things 8: ...So We Need to Add Some Other Thing 9: ...Because We Need to Include My Mind (Or Should that be Your Mind?) 10: ...Because...Okay, I Give Up Epilogue: I've Got a Very Bad Feeling About This Acknowledgements Endnotes Bibliography
Preamble Prologue: Why Didn't Somebody Tell Me About All This Before? 1: The Complete Guide to Quantum Mechanics (Abridged) 2: Just What is This Thing Called 'Reality', Anyway? 3: Sailing on the Sea of Representation 4: When Einstein Came Down to Breakfast 5: ...So Just Shut Up and Calculate 6: ...But We Need to Reinterpret What it Says 7: ...So We Need to Add Some Things 8: ...So We Need to Add Some Other Thing 9: ...Because We Need to Include My Mind (Or Should that be Your Mind?) 10: ...Because...Okay, I Give Up Epilogue: I've Got a Very Bad Feeling About This Acknowledgements Endnotes Bibliography
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