The Odd Quantum

If a particle has a choice of different paths it pursues all of them at once.Particles display wavelike characteristics and waves show particlelikecharacteristi... » 

If a particle has a choice of different paths it pursues all of them at once.Particles display wavelike characteristics and waves show particlelikecharacteristics. Treiman pays special attention to the more fundamental waveoutlook and its expression in quantum field theory. He deals here with theremarkable fact that all the particles of a given species are strictlyidentical and with the unnerving fact that particles can be created anddestroyed. As Treiman introduces us to these and other wonders he also touches without resolution on some of the deep philosophical problems of quantummechanics notably how probabilities become facts. Weaving together impeccableand uptodate science engaging writing and a talent for clear explanationhoned over Treimans distinguished career as a physicist and teacher The OddQuantum is a remarkable survey of a field that changed the course of modernscientific and philosophical thought. «