Paradox Lost

Paradox Lost Synopsis

"e;Medical scientists use the word `iatrogenic' to refer to disabilities that are the consequence of medical treatment. We believe that some such word might be coined to refer to philosophical difficulties for which philosophers themselves are responsible"e; Sir Peter Medawar Arguing that quantum theory as it stands is perhaps the most comprehensive, well-verified, and successful theory in the history of science, the author clears away the impression that it is an incomplete, philosophically flawed, and self-contradictory theory. In simple terms accessible to anyone with a little prior knowledge of science, Wallace examines the numerous "e;paradoxes"e; and "e;difficulties"e; claimed for quantum mechanics, and shows that they are due to excesses of interpretation that have been imposed on the theory.