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Record Nr.

UNINA9910530597603321

Autore

Bernstein Jeremy <1929->

Titolo

Quantum leaps [[electronic resource] /] / Jeremy Bernstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-674-05357-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Classificazione

CC 3500

Disciplina

530.12

Soggetti

Quantum theory

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An introduction -- Bishops -- Quantum Buddhists -- Léon Rosenfeld -- A double slip -- A measurement -- Entanglements -- Anyway, what the #$*! do we know? -- L'Envoi.

Sommario/riassunto

How-- and how pervasively-- quantum mechanics has entered the general culture is the subject of this book, an engaging, eclectic, and thought-provoking look at the curious, boundlessly fertile intersection of scientific thought and everyday life.