| Acknowledgments |
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ix | (2) |
| Prologue |
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5 | (2) |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (2) |
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1.5 Quantum Theory of Two-Slit Interference |
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10 | (6) |
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1.6 Critique of the Quantum-Mechanical Account |
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22 | (13) |
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2.2 Wave-Particle Duality for Single Photons |
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35 | (8) |
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3 The Uncertainty Principle |
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3.1 The Pfleegor-Mandel Experiment |
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43 | (7) |
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3.2 Reflections on the Uncertainty Principle |
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50 | (4) |
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3.3 Some Consequences of the Uncertainty Principle |
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54 | (3) |
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3.4 The Energy-Time Uncertainty Relation |
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57 | (8) |
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3.5 Squeezed Light and the Detection of Gravitational Radiation |
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65 | (12) |
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3.6 Quantum Non-Demolition Measurements |
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81 | (24) |
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4.1 Bohr's Discovery of Complementarity |
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82 | (3) |
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4.2 Einstein's Attacks on Complementarity |
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85 | (7) |
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4.3 The New Paradigm: Information |
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92 | (11) |
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103 | (2) |
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5 The EPR Paradox and Bell's Theorem |
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105 | (26) |
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108 | (7) |
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5.2 The BKS Theorem and Contextuality |
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115 | (2) |
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5.3 Hidden-Variable Theories |
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117 | (5) |
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122 | (9) |
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6 Testing Bell's Inequalities: Entangled States |
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131 | (26) |
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6.1 Tests of Bell's Inequalities |
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132 | (12) |
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6.2 Bohm's Nonlocal Hidden-Variable Theory |
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144 | (4) |
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6.3 The Mystery of the EPR Correlations |
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148 | (2) |
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6.4 Does Quantum Nonlocality Violate the Principal of Relativity? |
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150 | (2) |
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6.5 Quantum Nonlocality: A New Source and a New Experiment |
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152 | (3) |
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6.6 Comments on Quantum Nonlocality |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (24) |
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7.1 What Is the Cat Paradox? |
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158 | (1) |
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7.2 Superpositions and Mixtures: A More Technical Statement of the Cat Paradox |
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159 | (1) |
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7.3 Further Discussion of the Difference Between Superpositions and Mixtures: Spin |
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160 | (1) |
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7.4 Why Is Quantum Behavior Not Observed in the Large-Scale World? |
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161 | (5) |
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166 | (5) |
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7.6 Laboratory Realizations of Macroscopic Quantum Behavior |
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171 | (10) |
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181 | (30) |
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8.1 The Measurement Problem |
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181 | (12) |
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8.2 The Active Nature of Measurement in Quantum Mechanics |
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193 | (11) |
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8.3 Attempts to Solve the Measurement Problem |
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204 | (7) |
| Epilogue |
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211 | (2) |
| References |
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213 | (6) |
| Index |
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