Paradox Lost

WALLACE,P

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Author
WALLACE,P
Publish Date
04/01/1996
Book Type
Hardcover
Number of Pages
184
Publisher Name
SPRNGER
ISBN-10
0387946594
ISBN-13
9780387946597
citemno
278107
Subtitle
Images of the Quantum
SKU
9780387946597

Description

"Medical scientists use the word `iatrogenic' to refer to disabilities that are the consequence of medical treatment. We believe that some such word might be coined to refer to philosophical difficulties for which philosophers themselves are responsible" Sir Peter Medawar Arguing that quantum theory as it stands is perhaps the most comprehensive, well-verified, and successful theory in the history of science, the author clears away the impression that it is an incomplete, philosophically flawed, and self-contradictory theory. In simple terms accessible to anyone with a little prior knowledge of science, Wallace examines the numerous "paradoxes" and "difficulties" claimed for quantum mechanics, and shows that they are due to excesses of interpretation that have been imposed on the theory.