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Author:
Barad, Karen Michelle.
Title:
Meeting the universe halfway : quantum physics and the entanglement of matter and meaning / Karen Barad.
Publisher:
Duke University Press,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
xiii, 524 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Physics--Philosophy
Quantum theory--Philosophy.
Heisenberg uncertainty principle--Philosophy.
Realism--Philosophy.
Relativity (Physics)--Philosophy.
Matter--Philosophy.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
pt. 1. Entangled beginnings. Introduction : the science and ethics of mattering ; Meeting the universe halfway ; Diffractions : differences, contingencies, and entanglements that matter -- pt. 2. Intra-actions matter. Niels Bohr's philosophy-physics : quantum physics and the nature of knowledge and reality ; Agential realism : how material-discursive practices matter -- pt. 3. Entanglements and re(con)figurations. Getting real : technoscientific practices and the materialization of reality ; Spacetime re(con)figurings : naturalcultural forces and changing topologies of power ; Quantum entanglements : experimental metaphysics and the nature of nature ; The ontology of knowing, the intra-activity of becoming, and the ethics of mattering -- Appendix A. Cascade experiment / by Alice Fulton -- Appendix B. The uncertainty principle is not the basis of Bohr's complementarity -- Appendix C. Controversy concerning the relationship between Bohr's principle of complementarity and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
ISBN:
9780822339175 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
082233917X (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0822339013 (acid-free paper)
9780822339014 (acid-free paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)71189745
LCCN:
2006027826
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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