Fate of Schrodinger's Cat, The: Using Math and Computers to Explore the Counterintuitive

by James D Stein and James D. Stein

Book Overview

Can we correctly predict the flip of a fair coin more than half the time -- or the decay of a single radioactive atom? Our intuition, based on a lifetime of experience, tells us that we cannot, as these are classic examples of what are known to be 50-50 guesses.But mathematics is filled with counterintuitive results -- and this book discusses some surprising and entertaining examples. It is possible to devise experiments in which a flipped coin lands...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811218153
• ISBN13: 9789811218156
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"