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Overview of Some Odd Phenomena. |
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Albert, Chapters 1 & 3; Hughes, Preface and Introduction; supplemental readings. |
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Two Path Experiment:
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The Mathematical Formalism and Its Orthodox Interpretation. |
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Albert, Chapter 2; Hughes, Chapters 1-5; supplemental readings. |
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Bell's Inequalities: Homework due. |
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7-8 |
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Bell's Inequalities and Spin Measurements: Homework Due. |
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9-16 |
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The Measurement Problem and Attempted Solutions. |
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Albert, Chapters 4-7; supplemental readings. |
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Quantum Mechanical Representation of States: Homework due. |
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Hidden Variables and Proofs of Their Impossibility. |
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Hughes, Chapter 6; supplemental readings. |
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20-22 |
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Quantum Extravagances. |
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Supplemental readings: topics may include one or more of quantum logic, quantum faster-than-light signaling, quantum teleportation, quantum computing. |
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Composition and Identical Particles. |
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Supplemental readings. |
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