Beyond Measure: Modern Physics, Philosophy, and the Meaning of Quantum Theory - Softcover

Baggott, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198525362 ISBN 13: 9780198525363

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Quantum theory is one the most important and successful theories of modern physical science. It has been estimated that its principles form the basis for about 30 per cent of the world's manufacturing economy. This is all the more remarkable because quantum theory is a theory that nobody understands. The meaning of Quantum Theory introduces science students to the theory's fundamental conceptual and philosophical problems, and the basis of its non-understandability. It does this with the barest minimum of jargon and very little mathematics in the main text. Readers wishing to delve more deeply into the theory's mathematical subtleties can do so in an extended series of appendices. The book brings the reader up to date with the results of new experimental tests of quantum weirdness and reviews the latest thinking on alternative interpretations, the frontiers of quantum cosmology, quantum gravity and potential application of this weirdness in computing, cryptography and teleportation.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. James Baggott 199 Beech Lane, Earley, Reading RG6 5UP 07775 940 256 0118 9212 134 jim@logosconsulting.co.uk The author has written many popular science articles for newspapers (Independent, Daily Telegraph) and popular science magazines such as New Scientist. He has also appeared on a couple of radio programmes dealing with quantum theory (the last time for a series aired on B.B.C. Radio 4 in late 1999).

Review:

"This lucid account offers an excellent starting point for readers who wish to gain some understanding of the strangeness of quantum mechanics."--Science

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0198525362
• ISBN 13: 9780198525363
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 379