description: thought experiment devised by the physicist Erwin Schrödinger about quantum superposition of macroscopic states, e.g. between a live cat and a dead cat
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by Paul Halpern · 13 Apr 2015 · 282pp · 89,436 words
, ext. 5000, or e-mail special.markets@perseusbooks.com. Designed by Pauline Brown Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Halpern, Paul, 1961– Einstein’s dice and Schrödinger’s cat : how two great minds battled quantum randomness to create a unified theory of physics / Paul Halpern, PhD. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index
by John Gribbin · 1 Mar 2012 · 287pp · 87,204 words
physics. But generations of physics students know him from the equation which bears his name, and countless non-physicists know him from the parable of Schrödinger’s cat. The whole point of that parable was to demonstrate the absurdity of quantum physics, and it could only have been dreamed up by a physicist
by Lee Smolin · 31 Mar 2019 · 385pp · 98,015 words
phenomena. Let us consider again people with two incompatible properties, political views and pet preference. Let’s suppose Anna and Beth share an apartment. They talk about getting a pet. Individually, Anna is a cat lover and so is Beth. The state of their couple is just the combination of these. Each
by John Kay · 2 Sep 2015 · 478pp · 126,416 words
and junk bonds ended in farce. In early 1990 the Campeau Corporation, which had used junk bonds to acquire many of the USA’s leading department stores – Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Jordan Marsh – defaulted on its debt mountain. Robert Campeau, a Canadian property speculator, had no qualifications to run these businesses, only
by Daniel C. Dennett · 15 Jan 1995 · 846pp · 232,630 words
has bedeviled quantum mechanics ever since. My student Turhan Canli first opened this door in his (undergraduate!) term paper for me on the problem of Schrödinger's cat, in which he developed the sketch of an alternative formulation of quantum physics in which time is quantized. If I ever master the physics (
by Camille Fournier · 7 Mar 2017
or the management hierarchy determines promotions directly, your direct manager will be essential in advocating for your promotion and getting it approved. 6 | THE MANAGER’S PATH In whatever way promotions happen, your manager should have an idea of whether you are qualified to be promoted. When you are interested in
by Secret Barrister · 1 Jul 2018 · 372pp · 116,005 words
so as a consequence of fearless, independent advocates and litigators relentlessly challenging the power-laden assumptions of the state in the service of their client’s cause: the barrister who exposes, through forensic cross-examination, the conspiracy of corrupt police officers fitting up their client; the solicitor who pursues the
by Elizabeth Bear · 5 Oct 2020 · 537pp · 146,610 words
. The figure stood and seemed to watch us approach. It—she?—did not move except for a curious little tilt of the head like a cat tracking prey up a wall. I wished I hadn’t thought of that particular comparison. I also wanted to roll my eyes violently at the
by Ananyo Bhattacharya · 6 Oct 2021 · 476pp · 121,460 words
seemed like the twenty-eight-year-old upstart was suggesting his book was the last word on quantum mechanics. Erwin Schrödinger disagreed. Three years after the publication of von Neumann’s book, Schrödinger discussed with Einstein the weaknesses in what would become known as the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. Inspired by their
by Johnjoe McFadden and Jim Al-Khalili · 14 Oct 2014 · 476pp · 120,892 words
thermodynamics; so did the discovery of the double helix finally bring life entirely into the realm of classical science? Life’s curious grin In Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the Cheshire cat has a habit of disappearing, leaving only his grin, prompting Alice to remark that she has “often seen a
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