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Space and Time in the Microworld (Hardcover, 1973 ed.)
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Space and Time in the Microworld (Hardcover, 1973 ed.)
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A way of understanding the laws which govem the worId of elementary
particIes has not been found yet. Present-day theoretical
physicists have to be satisfied with compromises which, at the
best, promise some success at the expense of generality and unity.
U nder these circumstances a critical analysis of the basic
concepts of modem quantum theory may be timely and usefuI. It is
hoped that the value of such an analysis may be preserved even if,
in the near future, new ways of understanding the basis of
elementary particIe physics are discovered. In this monograph one
specific aspect of this analysis is treated, namely the problems of
geometry in the microworld. An out- line of geometrical
measurements in the macroworld was given pre- viously. These
measurements seem to be c1ear enough for at least a certain set of
problems to be considered as a starting point for discussing the
situation in the microworld. The concepts and methods which are
useful in the macroworld may only indirectly be carried over into
the microworld and they require a high degree of abstraction. In
comprehending the physical content of dynamic variables which have
geometric meaning, for example, the space-time partic1e coor-
dinates x, y, z, t it is of ten necessary to have recourse to
gedanken experiments which, although not feasible in practice, can
nevertheless be compatible with the basic principles of geometry
and quantum mechanics.
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