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Veiled Reality

Author : Bernard D'espagnat
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813340876
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Veiled Reality written by Bernard D'espagnat and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 2003-01-24 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By questioning the validity of some of our basic concepts, such as space, object, and causality, quantum physics contributes quite decisively to the dramatic changes now taking place in our world picture.This book is addressed not only to physicists at an early stage in their careers (the first or second year graduate student) but also to philosophers, as well as to all the senior physicists interested in the interpretation problem. Beginning with a chapter that could be described as “philosophy for physicists,” it presents an in-depth analysis of present-day quantum mechanical concepts, an analysis of physicists and philosophers alike. Specifically, it first offers an extensive critical analysis of such topics as the Einstein, Podolsky, Rosen reality criterion, nonseparatability, the quantum measurement riddle, decoherence theory, consistent histories approaches and ontologically interpretable theories. All this then naturally leads to philosophical questions concerning, in particular, intersubjective agreement and the limit of realism. And a thorough examination of this whole material finally leads to the view that distinguishing between empirical reality and a veiled man-independent reality yields an acceptable answer to the perplexing question of how to interpret quantum physics. Veiled Reality offers nonspecialists, including students in physics, philosophy and the history of science, an accessible perspective on basic problems in the foundations of physics.

Veiled Reality

Author : Bernard D'espagnat
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Longman
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Veiled Reality written by Bernard D'espagnat and published by Addison-Wesley Longman. This book was released on 1995-01-20 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By questioning the validity of some of our basic concepts, such as space, object, and causality, quantum physics contributes quite decisively to the dramatic changes now taking place in our world picture. Veiled Reality provides a detailed view of the reasons why such a questioning arises, a survey of the corresponding conceptual and theoretical problems, and a comprehensive, up-to-date account, useful to scientists and epistemologists alike, of the various ways present-day physicists tackle these problems.The book deals with the E.P.R. reality criterion, local causality, and quantum measurement including relativistic quantum collapse, decoherence theories, consistent histories approaches, and ontologically interpretable theories. Questions bearing on the connection between counterfactuality and realism, intersubjective agreement, and limits of the bearing of the verbs “to have” and “to be,” follow naturally from the analysis and are thoroughly examined. Finally, distinguishing between empirical reality and a veiled independent reality whose only knowable features are structural yields a clue to a plausible interpretation of current physics.Accessible to readers with only very elementary background in modern physics, Veiled Reality offers nonspecialists, including students in physics and philosophy, easy access to basic problems in the foundation of physics.

Veiled Freedom

Author : Jeanette Windle
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1414333528
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Veiled Freedom written by Jeanette Windle and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-05-20 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Special Forces veteran Steve Wilson returns to Kabul as security chief to the minister of interior, he is disillusioned with the corriuption and violence that has overtaken the country he fought to free. Relief worker Amy Mallory arrives in Afghanistan ready to change the world. She soon discovers that as a Western woman, the challenges are monumental. Afghan native Jamil returns to his homeland seeking work, but a painful past continues to haunt him. All three are searching for truth and freedom when a suicide bombing brings them together on Kabul's dusty streets.--From publisher's description.

In Search of Reality

Author : B. D'Espagnat
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642870503
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book In Search of Reality written by B. D'Espagnat and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When I take up a new book I always read its conclusions first. For I have discovered that even difficult books have conclusions that are easy to read and that give a first idea of their content. Of course, I expect my readers to do this also! Indeed, the present book offers them an opportunity for generalizing the method. After having gone over chapter 14 they should preferably look through chapters 5, 2, 13 and 10, or at least some of these (in this or in other orders), before engaging into any thorough reading. The point is that-at appropriate places in other chapters-the reader will find proofs; and, as we all know, all the proofs that are worth something are unavoidably ponderous. Of course, it is good to have them but, again, the most suitable procedure not to lose interest in their development is, I think, to first provisionally grant their conclusions,. in order to see where they lead us to. Then, to study the proofs once we have been convinced that the goal is worth some effort. This is the reason why I suggest that at least chapters 4 and 11 should, on a first reading, be skipped, at any rate, by the "poets"! The problem, a new approach of which is described in chapter 4, did not come to light, at least in its present form, before 1964. The first experi mental investigations bearing on it date back from the seventies.

On Physics and Philosophy

Author : Bernard d'Espagnat
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069124023X
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book On Physics and Philosophy written by Bernard d'Espagnat and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the great ironies of quantum mechanics is not only that its conceptual foundations seem strange even to the physicists who use it, but that philosophers have largely ignored it. Here, Bernard d'Espagnat argues that quantum physics--by casting doubts on once hallowed concepts such as space, material objects, and causality-demands serious reconsideration of most of traditional philosophy. On Physics and Philosophy is an accessible, mathematics-free reflection on the philosophical meaning of the quantum revolution, by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject. D'Espagnat presents an objective account of the main guiding principles of contemporary physics-in particular, quantum mechanics-followed by a look at just what consequences these should imply for philosophical thinking. The author begins by describing recent discoveries in quantum physics such as nonseparability, and explicating the significance of contemporary developments such as decoherence. Then he proceeds to set various philosophical theories of knowledge--such as materialism, realism, Kantism, and neo-Kantism--against the conceptual problems quantum theory raises. His overall conclusion is that while the physical implications of quantum theory suggest that scientific knowledge will never truly describe mind-independent reality, the notion of such an ultimate reality--one we can never access directly or rationally and which he calls "veiled reality"--remains conceptually necessary nonetheless.

On Physics and Philosophy

Author : Bernard d'Espagnat
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691158061
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book On Physics and Philosophy written by Bernard d'Espagnat and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-07 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On Physics and Philosophy is an accessible, mathematics-free reflection on the philosophical meaning of the quantum revolution, by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject. D'Espagnat presents an objective account of the main guiding principles of contemporary physics - in particular, quantum mechanics - followed by a look at just what consequences these should imply for philosophical thinking."--

Reality Isn't What It Used to Be

Author : Walter Truet Anderson
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061736678
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Reality Isn't What It Used to Be written by Walter Truet Anderson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anderson reveals the reality of postmodernism in politics, popular culture, religion, literary criticism, art, and philosophy -- making sense of everything from deconstructionism to punk.

Do We Really Understand Quantum Mechanics?

Author : Franck Laloë
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110702501X
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Do We Really Understand Quantum Mechanics? written by Franck Laloë and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives an overview of the quantum theory and its main interpretations. Ideal for researchers in physics and mathematics.

Conformal Field Theory

Author : Yavuz Nutku
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429971427
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Conformal Field Theory written by Yavuz Nutku and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an understanding of conformal field theory and its importance to both statistical mechanics and string theory. It introduces the Wess-Zumino-Novokov-Witten (WZNW) models and their current algebras, the affine Kac-Moody algebras.

Veiled Courage

Author : Cheryl Benard
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 076791306X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book Veiled Courage written by Cheryl Benard and published by Crown. This book was released on 2002-05-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Afghanistan under Taliban rule, women were forbidden to work or go to school, they could not leave their homes without a male chaperone, and they could not be seen without a head-to-toe covering called the burqa. A woman’s slightest infractions were met with brutal public beatings. That is why it is both appropriate and incredible that the sole effective civil resistance to Taliban rule was made by women. Veiled Courage reveals the remarkable bravery and spirit of the women of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), whose daring clandestine activities defied the forces of the Taliban and earned the world’s fierce admiration. The complete subordination of women was one of the first acts of the Taliban. But the women of RAWA refused to cower. They used the burqa to their advantage, secretly photographing Taliban beatings and executions, and posting the gruesome pictures on their multi-language website, rawa.org, which is read around the world. They organized to educate girls and women in underground schools and to run small businesses in the border towns of Pakistan that allowed widows to support their families. If caught, any RAWA activist would have faced sure death. Yet they persisted. With the overthrow of the Taliban now a reality, RAWA faces a new challenge: defeating the powers of Islamic fundamentalism of which the Taliban are only one face and helping build a society in which women are guaranteed full human rights. Cheryl Benard, an American sociologist and an important advisor to RAWA, uses her inside access to write the first behind-the-scenes story of RAWA and its remarkably brave women. Veiled Courage will change the way Americans think of Afghanistan, casting its people and its future in a new, more hopeful light.

Semiclassical Physics

Author : Matthias Brack
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429982453
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Semiclassical Physics written by Matthias Brack and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attempts to convey to the reader that semiclassical physics can be fun, as well as useful for understanding quantum fluctuations in interacting many-body systems. It presents applications to finite fermion systems in diverse areas of physics.

Veiled in Smoke (The Windy City Saga Book #1)

Author : Jocelyn Green
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493422758
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Veiled in Smoke (The Windy City Saga Book #1) written by Jocelyn Green and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meg and Sylvie Townsend manage the family bookshop and care for their father, Stephen, a veteran still suffering in mind and spirit from his time as a POW during the Civil War. But when the Great Fire sweeps through Chicago's business district, they lose much more than just their store. The sisters become separated from their father and make a harrowing escape from the flames with the help of Chicago Tribune reporter Nate Pierce. Once the smoke clears away, they reunite with Stephen, only to learn soon after that their family friend was murdered on the night of the fire. Even more shocking, Stephen is charged with the crime and committed to the Cook County Insane Asylum. Though homeless and suddenly unemployed, Meg must not only gather the pieces of her shattered life, but prove her father's innocence before the asylum truly drives him mad.

Own Your Life

Author : Sally Clarkson
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1414391285
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Own Your Life written by Sally Clarkson and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world that's moving so fast, it's easy to lose your sense of purpose. Clarkson journeys with you to explore what it means to live meaningfully, follow God truly, and bring much-needed order to your chaos. Discover what it means to own your life, and dare to trust God's hands as He richly shapes your character, family, work, and soul.

The Made-Up Man

Author : Joseph Scapellato
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0374716544
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Made-Up Man written by Joseph Scapellato and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Scapellato's blend of existential noir, absurdist humor, literary fiction, and surreal exploration of performance art merges into something special. . . . The Made-Up Man is a rare novel that is simultaneously smart and entertaining." —Gabino Iglesias, NPR Stanley had known it was a mistake to accept his uncle Lech’s offer to apartment-sit in Prague—he’d known it was one of Lech’s proposals, a thinly veiled setup for some invasive, potentially dangerous performance art project. But whatever Lech had planned for Stanley, it would get him to Prague and maybe offer a chance to make things right with T after his failed attempt to propose. Stanley can take it. He can ignore their hijinks, resist being drafted into their evolving, darkening script. As the operation unfolds it becomes clear there’s more to this performance than he expected; they know more about Stanley’s state of mind than he knows himself. He may be able to step over chalk outlines in the hallway, may be able to turn away from the women acting as his mother or the men performing as his father, but when a man made up to look like Stanley begins to play out his most devastating memory, he won’t be able to stand outside this imitation of his life any longer. Immediately and wholly immersive, Joseph Scapellato’s debut novel, The Made-Up Man, is a hilarious examination of art’s role in self-knowledge, a sinister send-up of self-deception, and a big-hearted investigation into the cast of characters necessary to help us finally meet ourselves.

In Search of Divine Reality

Author : Lothar Schäfer
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1557284687
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book In Search of Divine Reality written by Lothar Schäfer and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 1997-08-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this remarkable treatise, Professor Schafer shares his conclusions from a lifelong search for evidence - from quantum science - of the existence of a transcendent part of physical reality, combining disciplinary thought from science, philosophy, and religion, including ethics, to address the educated generalist and layman with a profound look at existence. Braving controversy, Professor Schafer concludes that the discovery of the phenomena of quantum mechanics has established a new covenant - between the human mind and the mind-like background of the universe - one that provides a home again to the homeless and meaning to seemingly pointless life. In this new understanding of the world, the universe must be assumed to have a moral as well as a physical order, and facts and values derive, again, from a single source.

Basic Principles Of Plasma Physics

Author : Setsuo Ichimaru
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429970668
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Basic Principles Of Plasma Physics written by Setsuo Ichimaru and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book describes a statistical approach to the basics of plasma physics.

The Veil of Isis

Author : Pierre Hadot
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674023161
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book The Veil of Isis written by Pierre Hadot and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly twenty-five hundred years ago the Greek thinker Heraclitus supposedly uttered the cryptic words "Phusis kruptesthai philei." How the aphorism, usually translated as "Nature loves to hide," has haunted Western culture ever since is the subject of this engaging study by Pierre Hadot. Taking the allegorical figure of the veiled goddess Isis as a guide, and drawing on the work of both the ancients and later thinkers such as Goethe, Rilke, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger, Hadot traces successive interpretations of Heraclitus' words. Over time, Hadot finds, "Nature loves to hide" has meant that all that lives tends to die; that Nature wraps herself in myths; and (for Heidegger) that Being unveils as it veils itself. Meanwhile the pronouncement has been used to explain everything from the opacity of the natural world to our modern angst. From these kaleidoscopic exegeses and usages emerge two contradictory approaches to nature: the Promethean, or experimental-questing, approach, which embraces technology as a means of tearing the veil from Nature and revealing her secrets; and the Orphic, or contemplative-poetic, approach, according to which such a denuding of Nature is a grave trespass. In place of these two attitudes Hadot proposes one suggested by the Romantic vision of Rousseau, Goethe, and Schelling, who saw in the veiled Isis an allegorical expression of the sublime. "Nature is art and art is nature," Hadot writes, inviting us to embrace Isis and all she represents: art makes us intensely aware of how completely we ourselves are not merely surrounded by nature but also part of nature.