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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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