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Qbism: The Future of Quantum Physics

Contributor(s): Von Baeyer, Hans Christian (Author), Baeyer, Lili Von (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780674504646

Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Pub Date: October 3, 2016

Dewey: 530.12

LCCN: 2016007855

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.90" H x 7.60" L x 5.00" W ( 0.70 lbs) 272 pages

BISAC Categories:

Science | Physics | Quantum Theory

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Description: Short for Quantum Bayesianism, QBism adapts conventional features of quantum mechanics in light of a revised understanding of probability. Using commonsense language, without the equations or weirdness of conventional quantum theory, Hans Christian von Baeyer clarifies the meaning of quantum mechanics and suggests a new approach to general physics.

Brief description: Hans Christian von Baeyer is Chancellor Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at the College of William and Mary.

Review Quotes: Hans Christian von Baeyer has done a wonderful job with this book. I've been fortunate enough to learn QBism twice in my life. The first time, it was the hard way, as colleagues and I battled out every nuance of the forming theory, always testing and retesting, tearing down and reconstructing--we had to turn our world upside down to get there. But the second time was pure pleasure as I learned the subject afresh from Professor von Baeyer's masterful articulation of it. So many of his turns of phrase are insightful gems I never could have formulated myself. Now for the first time I believe I know how to teach the subject, and there is no better understanding one can have than that!--Christopher A. Fuchs, Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts Boston, and key architect of QBism

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