How physics confronts reality [electronic resource] : Einstein was correct, but Bohr won the game /
Newton, Roger G.
Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific,
c2009.
"This book recalls, for nonscientific readers, the history of quantum mechanics, the main points of its interpretation, and Einstein's objections to it, together with the responses engendered by his arguments. We point out that most popular discussions of the strange aspects of quantum mechanics ignore the fundamental fact that Einstein was correct in his insistence that the theory does not directly describe reality. While that fact does not remove these counterintuitive features, it casts them into a different light."--P. vi.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-137) and index.
"This book recalls, for nonscientific readers, the history of quantum mechanics, the main points of its interpretation, and Einstein's objections to it, together with the responses engendered by his arguments. We point out that most popular discussions of the strange aspects of quantum mechanics ignore the fundamental fact that Einstein was correct in his insistence that the theory does not directly describe reality. While that fact does not remove these counterintuitive features, it casts them into a different light."--P. vi.
Some quantum history -- Rules and interpretations -- Einstein's defection -- From atomism to real particles -- Laws of motion -- Fields -- New particles and their quantum origins -- Atoms, inside and out -- Methods and underpinnings.
Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Quantum theory
How physics confronts reality.
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