Quantum Sense and Nonsense by Jean Bricmont
Permeated by the author's delightful humor, this little book explains, with nearly no mathematics, the main conceptual issues associated with quantum mechanics: The issue of determinism.
“Quantum Sense and Nonsense goes into the quantum physics in considerably more depth …I would recommend this title if you want to get a distinctly different picture of quantum physics and an understanding of why, even after 80-90 years, physicists may be happy with the results of the calculations … .” (Brian Clegg, Popular Science, popsciencebooks.blogspot.com, March, 2018)
Jean Bricmont (born in 1952) is a theoretical physicist and a professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain. He works on statistical and mathematical physics but has also written about philosophy of science. He is mostly known to the non-academic audience for co-authoring Fashionable Nonsense (also known as Intellectual Impostures) with Alan Sokal, in which they criticize abuses of scientific concepts by postmodernist thinkers and relativism in the philosophy of science.
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| ISBN 13 | 9783319652702 |
| ISBN 10 | 3319652702 |
| Title | Quantum Sense and Nonsense |
| Author | Jean Bricmont |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Year published | 2017-11-08 |
| Number of pages | 286 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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