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OverviewMost people have heard about quantum physics and its remarkable, well-nigh bizarre claims. And most people would assume that quantum reality describes a world quite different from ours. In this book, David A. Grandy shows that one can find quantum puzzles, or variations thereof, in the backyard of everyday experience. What disappears in transferring quantum theory to the everyday is the theory's mathematical formalism, but that need not imply a loss of analytic rigor. If quantum reality is truly as elemental and ubiquitous as many thinkers suggest, then alternative or complementary perspectives ought to be possible, and with the proliferation of such perspectives, a more fully rounded understanding of quantum reality-and everyday reality-might emerge. Everyday Quantum Reality is a step in that direction. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David A. GrandyPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780253222428ISBN 10: 0253222427 Pages: 196 Publication Date: 13 October 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Quantum Uncertainty 2. Wave-Particle Duality 3. Two Everyday Analogues 4. The Double-Slit Experiment 5. Double-Slit Analogues 6. Everyday Superposition 7. The Witness of Music 8. Everyday Relationality 9. Observer-Created Reality 10. Wide-Open Reality 11. Nonlocality 12. Quantum Play, Quantum Sorrow Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsFar from being completely counterintuitive and beyond our experience, the findings of quantum physics have many analogs in everyday life, which we have simply not seen because of the grip of the classical worldview on our thinking... Everyday Quantum Reality makes an important and original argument. Alexander Wendt, author of Social Theory of International Politics Far from being completely counterintuitive and beyond our experience, the findings of quantum physics have many analogs in everyday life, which we have simply not seen because of the grip of the classical worldview on our thinking... Everyday Quantum Reality makes an important and original argument. Alexander Wendt, author of Social Theory of International Politics Author InformationDavid A. Grandy is Professor of Philosophy at Brigham Young University and author of The Speed of Light (IUP, 2009); Leo Szilard: Science as a Mode of Being; and (with Dan Burton) Magic, Mystery, and Science (IUP, 2004). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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