Quantum Philosophy: Understanding and Interpreting Contemporary Science

Omnès, Roland / Translated by Arturo Sangalli

ISBN 10: 0691027870 / ISBN 13: 9780691027876

Verlag: Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1999

Beschreibung

296pp., xxiii. First published in French, 1994; this copy, first edition in English: '1' in number line. Glossary, pp. 283-289; Name Index, pp. 291-294; Subject Index, pp. 295-296. Black cloth with brilliant gilt lettering on spine. Glossy dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price) with wrap-around background of dark green, purple, light blue wavy features; title lettering in light blue across middle front cover, partly covered in an explosive splash of shades of pink; subtitle in light yellow across very middle front cover, sandwiched between two words of title; author name lettering in light blue across bottom front cover; Tiny wear at cover corner tips and 1/8" tear at rear cover left bottom corner else unqualifiedly As New: Now in Brodart mylar which forgives peccadilloes mightily. Solid copy. Looks Unread. (No previous owner names; no remainder marks; Clean text.). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001660

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Quantum Philosophy: Understanding and ...

Verlag: Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ

Erscheinungsdatum: 1999

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: As New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: First Edition in English

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe:

In this magisterial work, Roland Omnes takes us from the academies of ancient Greece to the laboratories of modern science as he seeks to do no less than rebuild the foundations of the philosophy of knowledge. One of the world's leading quantum physicists, Omnes reviews the history and recent development of mathematics, logic, and the physical sciences to show that current work in quantum theory offers new answers to questions that have puzzled philosophers for centuries: Is the world ultimately intelligible? Are all events caused? Do objects have definitive locations? Omnes addresses these profound questions with vigorous arguments and clear, colorful writing, aiming not just to advance scholarship but to enlighten readers with no background in science or philosophy. Quantum Philosophy is a profound work of contemporary science and philosophy and an eloquent history of the long struggle to understand the nature of the world and of knowledge itself.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Roland Omnes is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Paris-Sud. His books include Understanding Quantum Mechanics and The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (both Princeton).