Teaching quantum theory in the introductory course

Physics Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 202-210

  Hobson, Art ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 85006117706     PISSN: 0031921X     EISSN: 19434928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2344407     Document Type: Note

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5. This comparison originated with Max Born, who was the fIrst to interpret the psi fIeld probabilistically. See Heinz R. Pagels, The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature (Bantam Books, Toronto, 1982), p. 119.
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20. The proof is surprisingly nontechnical. See Nick Herbert, Quantum Reality (Anchor, New York, 1985), pp. 215-223.