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Non-Quantal Foundations of Quantum Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Alfred Landé
Alfred Landé*
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
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Extract

Bertrand Russell in “New Hopes for a Changing World” (1) writes the following passage:

“The science of economics has been wrapped around by the theorists in a series of many veils, which have caused the plain man to suppose that there must be something indecent about its naked form. I think that the only thing to do in view of this situation is to begin at the beginning with matters of such simplicity that the reader may be indignant at finding them mentioned …”.

Type
Research Article
Information
Philosophy of Science , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , October 1957 , pp. 309 - 320
Copyright
Copyright © 1957, The Williams & Wilkins Company

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