Quantum Theory and the Flight From Realism
Subtitle: Philosophical Responses to Quantum Mechanics (Critical Realism--Interventions)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: April 26, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780415223218
Subjects: Relativistic quantum mechanics & quantum field theory; Philosophy Of Science; Science; Philosophy; Science/Mathematics; History & Surveys - Modern; Philosophy / General; General; Quantum Theory; Realism
First sentence: Recent years have seen something of a growth industry in books on the topic of quantum mechanics, some of them unabashedly populist while others-often written by practising physicists-are pitched toward a 'serious' yet non-specialist readership.