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100	1		_aStreater, R.F. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLost Causes in and beyond Physics _h[electronic resource] / _cby R.F. Streater.
264		1	_aBerlin, Heidelberg : _bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg, _c2007.
300			_aVIII, 158 p. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0		_aMunchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy -- Elementary Probability -- Quantum Probability -- Bayesians -- EPR and the Dangers of Cannabis -- Stapp’s Theory of the Brain -- Hidden Variables -- Bohmian Mechanics -- The Analytic S-matrix Bootstrap -- Nelson and Wiener -- Other Lost Causes -- Some Good Ideas.
520			_aLost Causes in and Beyond Physics deals with a selection of research topics mostly from theoretical physics that have been shown to be a dead-end or continue at least to be highly controversial. Nevertheless, whether it is about Bohmian mechanics, physics from Fisher information or the quantum theory of the brain, small but dedicated research communities continue to work on these issues. R.F. Streater, renowned mathematical physicist and co-author of the famous book "PCT, Spin and Statistics, and all that", in a series of essays describes the work and struggle of these research commnities, as well as the chances of any breakthrough in these areas. This book is written as both an entertainment and serious study and should be accessible to anyone with a background in theoretical physics and mathematics.
650		0	_aPhysics.
650		0	_aQuantum physics.
650		0	_aNuclear physics.
650		0	_aAtoms.
650		0	_aCondensed matter.
650	1	4	_aPhysics.
650	2	4	_aTheoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
650	2	4	_aQuantum Physics.
650	2	4	_aParticle and Nuclear Physics.
650	2	4	_aAtomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.
650	2	4	_aCondensed Matter Physics.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783540365815
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36582-2
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950			_aPhysics and Astronomy (Springer-11651)
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