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Philosophy “Far from pletely counterintuitive and beyond
Science our experience, the findings of quantum physics have
many analogs in everyday life, which we have simply
not seen because of the grip of the classical worldview D av i d A . G r a n d y
on our thinking. . . . Everyday Quantum Reality makes
an important and original argument.”—Alexander
Wendt, author of Social Theory of International Politics
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Most people have heard about quantum physics and its
remarkable, well-nigh bizarre claims. And most people e
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would assume that quantum reality describes a world E v e r y d ay Q u a n t u m r E a l i t y
quite different from ours. In this book, David A. Grandy
shows that one can find quantum puzzles, or variations
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thereof, in the backyard of everyday experience. What
m u t n a u
disappears in transferring quantum theory to the ev-
eryday is the theory’s mathematical formalism, but that
need not imply a loss of analytic rigor. If quantum real-
ity is truly as elemental and ubiquitous as many thinkers
suggest, then alternative plementary perspectives
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ought to be possible, and with the proliferation of such
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perspectives, a more fully rounded understanding of
quantum reality—and everyday reality—might emerge. y t
This book is a step in that direction.
David A. Grandy is Professor of Philosophy at
Brigham Young University and author of The Speed
of Light (IUP, 2009); Leo Szilard: Science as a Mode
of Being; and (with Dan Burton) Magic, Mystery, and
Science (IUP, 2004).
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Everyday Quantum Reality
Everyday Quantum Reality
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Everyday Quantum Reality
David A. Grandy
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