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Nature loves to hide : quantum physics and reality, a western perspective /
In Nature Loves to Hide, physicist Shimon Malin takes readers on a fascinating tour of quantum theory--one that turns to Western philosophical thought to clarify this strange yet inescapable description of the nature of reality. Malin translates quantum mechanics into plain English, explaining its o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Nature Loves to Hide, physicist Shimon Malin takes readers on a fascinating tour of quantum theory--one that turns to Western philosophical thought to clarify this strange yet inescapable description of the nature of reality. Malin translates quantum mechanics into plain English, explaining its origins and workings against the backdrop of the famous debate between Niels Bohr and the skeptical Albert Einstein. Then he moves on to build a philosophical framework that can account for the quantum nature of reality. He draws out the linkage between the concepts of Neoplatonism and the more recen. |
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| Notas: | Originally published in 2001. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 288 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-275) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198031789 0198031785 9786610838059 6610838054 1280838051 9781280838057 |