| Description |
xv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-275) and index. |
| Contents |
Mach's shadow -- Einstein's dilemma -- The call of complementarity -- Waves of nothingness -- Paul Dirac and the spin of the electron -- An irresistable force meets an immovable rock -- "Nature loves to hide" -- The elusive obvious -- Objectivation -- In and out of space and time -- "Nature makes a choice" -- Nature alive -- Flashes of existence -- The expression of knowledge -- A universe of experience -- The potential and the actual -- Levels of being -- Our place in the universe -- Physics and the one -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
"The strangeness of modern physics has sparked several popular books - such as The Tao of Physics - that explore its affinity with Eastern mysticism. But the founders of quantum mechanics were educated in the classical traditions of Western civilization and Western philosophy. In Nature Loves to Hide, physicist Shimon Malin takes readers on a tour of quantum theory - one that turns to Western philosophical thought to clarify the implications of this enigmatic theory."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Quantum theory -- Philosophy.
|
| ISBN |
0195138945 alkaline paper |
|
9780195138948 alkaline paper |
|
