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BL
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| Record Number
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602474
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b431693
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| Main Entry
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Allday, Jonathan.
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| Title & Author
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Quantum reality : : theory and philosophy /\ Jonathan Allday.
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| Page. NO
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xxix, 558 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9781584887034 (alk. paper)
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: 1584887036 (alk. paper)
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| Notes
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"A Taylor & Francis book."
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 545) and index.
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| Contents
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Our first quantum object -- Another interference experiment -- Particles -- Quantum states -- Amplitudes -- Measurement -- The complex plane -- Interference -- The free particle -- Identical particles -- Scattering identical bosons -- Matrix operators -- Spin -- Fermion states -- Wave functions -- Uncertainty -- 4 Heisenberg's Equation -- Genealogy -- Planck and Einstein -- Niels Bohr -- Werner Heisenberg -- Erwin Schrodinger -- Paul Dirac -- Conclusions -- Applications of quantum theory -- Entanglement -- The density operator -- Interpretations -- The Copenhagen interpretation -- The many worlds interpretation -- Other interpretations -- Quantum field theory -- Personal conclusions.
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| Subject
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Quantum theory.
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Quantum theory-- Philosophy.
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| Dewey Classification
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530.12
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| LC Classification
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QC174.12.A45 2009
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