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035			_a(OCoLC)946907398 _z(OCoLC)961858156
037			_bHarvard Univ Pr, C/O Triliteral Llc 100 Maple Ridge Dr, Cumbreland, RI, USA, 02864-1769, (401)6584226 _nSAN 631-8126
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050	0	0	_aQC174.17.Q29 _bV66 2016
082	0	0	_a530.12 _223
100	1		_aVon Baeyer, Hans Christian, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aQBism : _bthe future of quantum physics / _cHans Christian von Baeyer ; illustrations by Lili von Baeyer.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c2016.
300			_aviii, 257 pages : _billustrations ; _c20 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aMeasured by the accuracy of its predictions and the scope of its technological applications, quantum mechanics is arguably the most successful theory in science. Ironically, it is also one of the least well understood. Here the conventional view of quantum mechanics is outlined in simple, non-mathematical language, with emphasis on its most puzzling features. The key to understanding is probability, a common, everyday concept that turns out to be surprisingly problematic. Until 2002 all of the alternative interpretations of quantum mechanics relied on the modern, orthodox definition of probability that is taught in high school. Then a trio of theoretical physicists in USA and Britain suggested reverting to an older definition, called Bayesian probability and used routinely in other fields of science. Thus Quantum Bayesianism, abbreviated QBism, was born. According to QBism, probabilities are personal and subjective -- degrees of belief rather than objectively verifiable facts. QBism, for all its unconventionality, dissolves most of the weirdness of quantum mechanics even as it opens a window on a more personally engaging, more appealing and humane view of the universe.-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- I. Quantum mechanics -- How the quantum was born -- Particles of light -- Wave/particle duality -- The wavefunction -- "The most beautiful experiment in physics" -- Then a miracle occurs -- Quantum uncertainty -- The simplest wavefunction -- II. Probability -- Troubles with probability -- Probability according to the Reverend Bayes -- III. Quantum Bayesianism -- QBism made explicit -- QBism saves Schrödinger's cat -- The roots of QBism -- Quantum weirdness in the laboratory -- All physics is local -- Belief and certainty -- IV. The QBist worldview -- Physics and human experience -- Nature's laws -- The rock kicks back -- The problem of the now -- A perfect map? -- The road ahead -- Appendix: four older interpretations of quantum mechanics.
650		0	_aQuantum Bayesianism.
650		0	_aQuantum theory.
650		7	_aQuantum Bayesianism. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01940132
650		7	_aQuantum theory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01085128
700	1		_aVon Baeyer, Lili, _eillustrator.
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