Quantum information theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics

Christopher G. Timpson provides a full-length philosophical treatment of quantum information theory and the questions it raises for our understanding of the quantum world. He argues for an ontologically deflationary account of the nature of quantum information, which is grounded in a revisionary ana...

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Main Author: Timpson, Christopher Gordon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
Series:Oxford philosophical monographs / Oxford philosophical monographs
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