Curious and sublime: the connection between uncertainty and probability in physics

被引:3
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作者
Brown, Harvey R. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Fac Philosophy, Oxford OX1 4JJ, England
关键词
uncertainty; probability; statistical mechanics; quantum mechanics; Everett interpretation; QUANTUM-MECHANICS; MINDS;
D O I
10.1098/rsta.2011.0075
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
From its first significant appearance in physics, the notion of probability has been linked in the minds of physicists with the notion of uncertainty. But the link may prove to be tenuous, if quantum mechanics, construed in terms of the Everett interpretation, is anything to go by.
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页码:4690 / 4704
页数:15
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