The Meaning of Quantum Theory

I can recommend it warmly. Baggott has a practised, informal, attractive style taht renders the potentially turgid digestible . . . , he gives a lucid, thoughtful, and helpful account of one of this century's great conundrums.' The Times Higher Education Supplement'Baggott is a chemist; he combines scepticism with an honest and painstaking effort to understand the message coming from the Copenhagen priesthood, the physicists Irwin Schrödinger, Niels Bohr and their colleagues. He tries, with refreshing modesty, to pass on the results of his labours ... Baggott has an entertaining style, with clever use of analogies and diagrams - and, above all, its realist honesty that shines like a beacon through the fog ofcontemporary mystical specualtions.'Trevor Marshall and Max Wallis, New Scientist'The book is clearly written and should be of interest to all scientists and mathematicians.'Aslib Book Guide, Vol 57. No. 10, October 1992'this reasonably priced and well produced book forms a valuable bridge from basic undergraduate knowledge to the real stuff'R. Crossley, Institute of Physics JournalI can recommend it warmly. Baggott has a practised, informal, attractive style that renders the potentially turgid digestible … , he gives a lucid, thoughtful, and helpful account of one of this century’s great conundrums.’ The Times Higher Education Supplement’Baggott’s strength lies precisely in his appreciation of the problem of making real measurements on microscopic quantum systems using macroscopic devices. Baggott has an entertaining style, with clever use of analogies and diagrams - and, above all, its realist honesty that shines like a beacon through the fog of contemporary mystical speculations. The final sentence is particularly worth noting: “If you find the theory difficult to understand, this is thetheory’s fault - not yours.”‘Trevor Marshall, University of Manchester and Max Wallis, University of Wales, Cardiff, New Scientist, October 1922

Jim Baggott is an award-winning science writer. A former academic chemist, he maintains a broadinterest in science, philosophy, and history, and writes on these subjects for New Scientist andother journals. His books have been widely acclaimed and include A Beginner’s Guide to Reality(Pegasus, 2006), The First War of Physics (Pegasus, 2010), The Meaning of Quantum Physics (Oxford, 1992), and Beyond Measure Modern Physics, Philosophy, and the Meaning of Quantum Theory (Oxford, 2004). He lives in England.