| Paradox Lost: Images of the Quantum 1996 Edition Contributor(s): Wallace, Philip R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0387946594 ISBN-13: 9780387946597 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1996 Annotation: Arguing that Quantum theory as it stands is perhaps the most comprehensive, well-verified, and successful theory of science, the author clears away the impression shared by physicists and laymen alike that it is incomplete, philosophically flawed, or self contradictory. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Quantum Theory |
| Dewey: 530.12 |
| LCCN: 95049921 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.33" W x 9.55" (0.92 lbs) 166 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Medical scientists use the word iatrogenic' to refer to disabilities that are the consequence of medical treatment. We believe that some such word might be coined to refer to philosophical difficulties for which philosophers themselves are responsible" Sir Peter Medawar Arguing that quantum theory as it stands is perhaps the most comprehensive, well-verified, and successful theory in the history of science, the author clears away the impression that it is an incomplete, philosophically flawed, and self-contradictory theory. In simple terms accessible to anyone with a little prior knowledge of science, Wallace examines the numerous "paradoxes" and "difficulties" claimed for quantum mechanics, and shows that they are due to excesses of interpretation that have been imposed on the theory. |