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Allday, Jonathan.

Quantum reality : theory and philosophy / Jonathan Allday. - Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009. - xxix, 558 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"A Taylor & Francis book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 545) and index.

Our First Quantum Object Light -- 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 -- Heisenberg's Equation -- Genealogy -- Planck and Einstein -- Niels Bohr -- Werner Heisenberg -- Erwin Schrodinger -- Paul Dirac -- Conclusions -- Applications of Quantum Theory -- Entanglement -- Density Operator -- Interpretations -- The Copenhagen Interpretation -- The Many Worlds Interpretation -- Other Interpretations -- Quantum Field Theory -- List of Important Rules -- Glossary -- Useful Mathematics -- Bibliography. Ch. 1. Interlude 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Interlude 2. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Interlude 3. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Interlude 4. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Ch. 20. Ch. 21. Ch. 22. Interlude 5. Ch. 23. Ch. 23. Ch. 25. Ch. 26. Ch. 27. App. A. App. B. App. C. App. D.

ISBN: 9781584887034 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008035786

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Quantum theory.
Quantum theory--Philosophy.

Dewey Class. No.: 530.145 ALL