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• ISBN: 0521803497 (hbk.)
• ISBN: 9780521803496 (hbk.)
• Physical Description: xvi, 391 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
• Publisher: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-381) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Wave functions -- Linear algebra in Dirac notation -- Physical properties -- Probabilities and physical variables -- Composite systems and tensor products -- Unitary dynamics -- Stochastic histories -- The Born rule -- Consistent histories -- Checking consistency -- Examples of consistent families -- Quantum interference -- Dependent (contextual) events -- Density matrices -- Quantum reasoning -- Measurements I -- Measurements II -- Coins and counterfactuals -- Delayed choice paradox -- Indirect measurement paradox -- Incompatibility paradoxes -- Singlet state correlations -- EPR paradox and Bell inequalities -- Hardy's paradox -- Decoherence and the classical limit -- Quantum theory and reality.

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Quantum theory.
Théorie quantique.
Kwantummechanica.
Grondslagen.