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020			_a9780198748137 _c(pbk)
082			_a530.12 _bTIM
100			_aTimpson, Christopher G.
245			_aQuantum information theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2013
300			_axiii, 293 p. ; _c23 cm.
365			_aGBP _b24.99 _d00
490			_aOxford philosophical monographs
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
520			_aHow is that when scientists need some piece of mathematics through which to frame their theory, it is there to hand? What has been called 'the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics' sets a challenge for philosophers. Some have responded to that challenge by arguing that mathematics is essentially anthropocentric in character, whereas others have pointed to the range of structures that mathematics offers. Otávio Bueno and Steven French offer a middle way, which focuses on the moves that have to be made in both the mathematics and the relevant physics in order to bring the two into appropriate relation.
650			_aQuantum theory
650			_aInformation theory
650			_aPhysics
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