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With contributions by leading quantum physicists, philosophers and
historians, this comprehensive A-to-Z of quantum physics provides a
lucid understanding of key concepts of quantum theory and
experiment. It covers technical and interpretational aspects alike,
and includes both traditional and new concepts, making it an
indispensable resource for concise, up-to-date information about
the many facets of quantum physics.
From the very beginning it was realised that quantum physics
involves radically new interpretative and epistemological
consequences. While hitherto there has been no satisfactory
philosophical analysis of these consequences, recent years have
witnessed the accomplishment of many experiments to test the
foundations of quantum physics, opening up vistas to a completely
novel technology: quantum technology. The contributions in the
present volume review the interpretative situation, analyze recent
fundamental experiments, and discuss the implications of possible
future technological applications. Readership: Analytic
philosophers (logical empiricists), scientists (especially
physicists), historians of logic, mathematics and physics,
philosophers of science, and advanced students and researchers in
these fields. Can be used for seminars on theoretical and
experimental physics and philosophy of science, and as
supplementary reading at advanced undergraduate and graduate
levels.
With contributions by leading quantum physicists, philosophers
and historians, this comprehensive A-to-Z of quantum physics
provides a lucid understanding of key concepts of quantum theory
and experiment. It covers technical and interpretational aspects
alike, and includes both traditional and new concepts, making it an
indispensable resource for concise, up-to-date information about
the many facets of quantum physics.
From the very beginning it was realised that quantum physics
involves radically new interpretative and epistemological
consequences. While hitherto there has been no satisfactory
philosophical analysis of these consequences, recent years have
witnessed the accomplishment of many experiments to test the
foundations of quantum physics, opening up vistas to a completely
novel technology: quantum technology. The contributions in the
present volume review the interpretative situation, analyze recent
fundamental experiments, and discuss the implications of possible
future technological applications. Readership: Analytic
philosophers (logical empiricists), scientists (especially
physicists), historians of logic, mathematics and physics,
philosophers of science, and advanced students and researchers in
these fields. Can be used for seminars on theoretical and
experimental physics and philosophy of science, and as
supplementary reading at advanced undergraduate and graduate
levels.
This book presents a collection of novel contributions and reviews
by renowned researchers in the foundations of quantum physics,
quantum optics, and neutron physics. It is published in honor of
Michael Horne, whose exceptionally clear and groundbreaking work in
the foundations of quantum mechanics and interferometry, both of
photons and of neutrons, has provided penetrating insight into the
implications of modern physics for our understanding of the
physical world. He is perhaps best known for the
Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality. This collection
includes an oral history of Michael Horne's contributions to the
foundations of physics and his connections to other eminent figures
in the history of the subject, among them Clifford Shull and Abner
Shimony.
Prior to the start of the twenty-first century, laws were made for
Wales by the Parliament at Westminster. Devolution, and the
creation of the National Assembly, has given Wales another
legislature that does not replace the UK Parliament but shares in
its law-making activity regarding certain subjects. This book
considers how legislation is made for Wales; its primary focus is
law-making by the National Assembly and the Welsh Government, but
the role of Westminster and Whitehall is also observed. The purpose
of this volume is to raise a critical awareness of what is involved
in sound law-making - it is intended not only for those who prepare
and make legislation within the institutions of government, but
equally also for the citizens whose lives are affected by that
legislation, and who have an interest in the quality of the laws
that govern them and the society in which they live. This is the
first such work to consider these issues from a Welsh perspective.
Craies on Legislation is the complete practitioners' guide to the
nature, process, effect and interpretation of legislation. It is
regularly cited to and by the higher courts, and it is relied upon
by lawyers in the public and private sectors for shedding light on
the widest range of questions in relation to how legislation is
made, applied, challenged and interpreted. The 12th Edition covers:
the classification of primary, subordinate and a growing range of
quasi-legislation; the potential of and constraints on all kinds of
legislation, including devolved legislation; the legislative
process for all kinds of legislation; drafting of different kinds
of legislation; explanatory material (including Explanatory Notes
and Pepper v Hart); issues of effect from timing and application,
the exercise of statutory functions, statutory corporations, effect
on other law and errors in legislation (including an account of
increasing judicial activism in rectification); the rules,
presumptions and canons and principles of statutory interpretation;
and a discussion of the effects of EU legislation in UK law. All
recent developments are covered in the 12th Edition including
discussion of the developing relationship between legislation and
the prerogative, Parliament and the Executive (including Miller 1
and 2 - the Brexit cases), discussion of the latest judicial
attitudes to the relationship between legislation and the common
law (including the recent Tate Gallery decision on nuisance), and
hundreds of other recent cases and political developments
(including an account of fundamental changes to legislation in
Wales).
Stroud's Judicial Dictionary has for over 100 years been the
starting point for research into the meaning of all words and
phrases that come to be used in a legal context. Stroud records how
any expression that occurs in a statute or other legal document has
been construed by the courts or defined in legislation. It provides
the ideal companion to Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law (which
provides an authoritative definition of technical legal concepts).
Stroud is regularly cited to and by the courts when determining
ranges of meaning given to different terms in legal contexts: from
standard terms like "building", "conduct", "damage" and "repair",
where the reader always needs to keep up with cross-contextual
development of usage, through to niche terms where the reader might
not guess that they have received judicial or legislative
attention, such as "cheating", "cuckooing", "exoneration", "febrile
fit", "liquidity", "roofing works", "sham marriage" and
"tampering". The Tenth Edition adds terms helpfully defined for the
first time or in a new way, such as "cloud computing service",
"computerised model", "energy crop", "laser", and "screening
opinion". At the same time it updates all the standard entries. Key
features: Provides the judicial definitions of terms or words
established in decided cases or statutes An authoritative guide to
the present construction of words and phrases occurring in
legislation, decided cases and other legal documents Sets out,
where applicable, the evolution of a term's meaning Assists
practitioners in construing legislation and other documents or in
the drafting of documents A practical source of guidance for the
setting out of definitions of particular concepts in the drafting
of contracts and other legal documents Comprehensive coverage
across three volumes of terms from the obscure to the everyday
Includes both historic and contemporary terms Where a term is used
in a number of legal areas the entry is broken down and sub-divided
to ensure ease of use The text is regularly updated via
supplementation Linked and common terms are cross-referenced
ensuring different usage of words is covered Also includes
references to definitions contained in statutes Includes
Ministerial statements and other material where helpful Entries are
reviewed and examined to ensure the work contains only terms that
will be of assistance to modern research
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