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" The meaning of quantum theory : "
Jim Baggott
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BL
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711981
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b534170
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| Main Entry
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Baggott, J. E
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The meaning of quantum theory : : a guide for students of chemistry and physics /\ Jim Baggott
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1992
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| Series Statement
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Oxford science publications
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xi, 230 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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019855575X
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: 0198555768
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: 9780198555759
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: 9780198555766
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-222) and indexes
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| Contents
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How quantum theory was discovered: -- An act of desperation -- Gathering the evidence -- Wave-particle duality -- Wave mechanics -- Matrix mechanics and the uncertainty principle -- Relativity and spin -- Putting it into practice: -- Operators in quantum mechanics -- The postulates of quantum mechanics -- State vectors in Hilbert principle -- The polarization properties of photons -- Quantum measurement -- What does it mean?: -- Positivism -- The Copenhagen interpretation -- The Bohr-Einstein debate -- Is quantum mechanics complete? -- Hidden variables -- Putting it to the test: -- Bohm's version of the EPR experiment -- Quantum theory and local reality -- Bell's theorem -- The Aspect experiments -- Delayed-choice experiments -- Retrospective -- What are the alternatives?: -- Pilo waves, potentials and propensities -- An irreversible act -- The conscious act -- The 'many-world' interpretation -- The hand of God?
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Quantum chemistry
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Quantum theory
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| Dewey Classification
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530.1/2
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QC174.12.B34 1992
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