Quantum theory: A challenge for philosophy!

Entangled World: The Fascination of Quantum Information and Computation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 271-296

  Esfeld, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attributes; Formalism; Separability; Spatio temporal; Superposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889484836     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527619092.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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