Making sense of quantum mechanics [electronic resource] / Jean Bricmont.
2016
QC174.12
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Title
Making sense of quantum mechanics [electronic resource] / Jean Bricmont.
Author
Bricmont, J. (Jean), author.
ISBN
9783319258898 (electronic book)
3319258893 (electronic book)
9783319258874
3319258877
3319258893 (electronic book)
9783319258874
3319258877
Published
Cham : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 331 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-25889-8 doi
Call Number
QC174.12
Dewey Decimal Classification
530.12
Summary
This book explains, in simple terms, with a minimum of mathematics, why things can appear to be in two places at the same time, why correlations between simultaneous events occurring far apart cannot be explained by local mechanisms, and why, nevertheless, the quantum theory can be understood in terms of matter in motion. No need to worry, as some people do, whether a cat can be both dead and alive, whether the moon is there when nobody looks at it, or whether quantum systems need an observer to acquire definite properties. The author's inimitable and even humorous style makes the book a pleasure to read while bringing a new clarity to many of the longstanding puzzles of quantum physics.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 20, 2016).
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Print version: 9783319258874
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