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Quantum enigma [electronic resource] : physics encounters consciousness / Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner.

By: Rosenblum, Bruce.
Contributor(s): Kuttner, Fred | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: 211 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Quantum theory | Science -- PhilosophyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 530.12 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Presenting the enigma -- Einstein called it "Spooky"-and I wish I had known -- The visit to Neg Ahne Poc: a quantum parable -- Our Newtonian worldview: a universal law of motion -- All the rest of classical physics -- Hello quantum mechanics -- How the quantum was forced on physics -- Schrödinger's equation: the new universal law of motion -- One-third of our economy -- Our skeleton in the closet -- Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen -- Schrödinger's controversial cat -- Seeking a real world: EPR -- Spooky interactions: Bell's theorem -- What's going on? Interpreting the quantum enigma -- The mystery of consciousness -- The mystery meets the enigma -- Consciousness and the quantum cosmos.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-204) and index.

Presenting the enigma -- Einstein called it "Spooky"-and I wish I had known -- The visit to Neg Ahne Poc: a quantum parable -- Our Newtonian worldview: a universal law of motion -- All the rest of classical physics -- Hello quantum mechanics -- How the quantum was forced on physics -- Schrödinger's equation: the new universal law of motion -- One-third of our economy -- Our skeleton in the closet -- Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen -- Schrödinger's controversial cat -- Seeking a real world: EPR -- Spooky interactions: Bell's theorem -- What's going on? Interpreting the quantum enigma -- The mystery of consciousness -- The mystery meets the enigma -- Consciousness and the quantum cosmos.

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