{"product_id":"quantum-sense-and-nonsense-paperback","title":"Quantum Sense and Nonsense - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Bricmont\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thought-provoking book for the general reader interested in science and philosophy\u003cbr\u003eIlluminates profound questions about the nature of reality\u003cbr\u003eReveals surprisingly simple solutions to many of the apparent parodoxes of quantum mechanics \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePermeated by the author's delightful humor, this little book explains, with nearly no mathematics, the main conceptual issues associated with quantum mechanics: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe issue of determinism\u003c\/i\u003e. Does quantum mechanics signify the end of a deterministic word-view?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe role of the human subject or of the \"observer\" in science\u003c\/i\u003e. Since Copernicus, science has increasingly tended to dethrone Man from his formerly held special position in the Universe. But quantum mechanics, with its emphasis on the notion of observation, may once more have given a central role to the human subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe issue of locality\u003c\/i\u003e. Does quantum mechanics imply that instantaneous actions at a distance exist in Nature?\u003c\/p\u003eIn these pages the author offers a variety of views and answers - bad as well as good - to these questions. The reader will be both entertained and enlightened by Jean Bricmont's clear and incisive arguments.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean 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 \u003ci\u003eFashionable Nonsense\u003c\/i\u003e (also known as \u003ci\u003eIntellectual Impostures\u003c\/i\u003e) with Alan Sokal, in which they criticize abuses of scientific concepts by postmodernist thinkers and relativism in the philosophy of science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47416593252530,"sku":"9783319652702","price":53.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/54ee2d5f8dea97721f9304126d1de2f4.webp?v=1778410152","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/quantum-sense-and-nonsense-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}