21. Divine Action Topic: Russell, Robert John. Finite Creation without a B...
however, taken as quantum gravity the fundamental theory replacing
general relativity. Here Gods relation
to the universe as a whole will need to be reinterpreted in terms of the
complex role and status of temporality in quantum
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22. God, Humanity and the Cosmos Topic: Schrödingers Cat and the Mean...
the opening of the box?
Quantum orthodoxy (Copenhagen interpretation)
The dominant view in quantum mechanics is that quantum
probabilities become determinate on measurement - that the wave function (see
The Schrödinger Wave Equation)
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23. Divine Action Topic: Quantum Mechanics
of quantum mechanics. The final set of essays explores the
theological implications of quantum theory.
Book Series Index
Next: Berry, Michael. Chaos and the Semiclassical Limit of Quantum Mechanics (Is
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24. Divine Action Topic: Tracy, Thomas F. Creation, Providence, and Quantu...
face any attempt to use quantum physics for such an account. First,
quantum physics can be interpreted in a variety of different ways including the
Copenhagen interpretation, Bohmian nonlocal hidden-variable determinism,
many-worlds
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25. God, Humanity and the Cosmos Topic: Theological Responses to Quantum Cosmology
Theological Responses to Quantum Cosmology
The Hawking-Hartle Proposal for the early universe is the most
ingenious of the quantum-cosmological speculations which aim to overcome the
problem of the singularity .
It is important to
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26. General Term: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics A theory of quantum interactions that incorporates the insights of the theory
of special relativity , and is thus relativistically correct. To date, there has
been no success in developing a so-called
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27. Theology and Quantum Physics
Theology and
Quantum Physics
The Rediscovery of the Observer:
The Ultraviolet Catastrophe
The Photoelectric Effect
Collapsing Atoms
Wave-Particle Duality
The
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28. God, Humanity and the Cosmos Book Section: Quantum Physics and Theology
Quantum Physics and Theology
The Rediscovery of
the Observer:
The Ultraviolet Catastrophe
The Photoelectric
Effect
Collapsing Atoms
Wave-Particle Duality
The Quantum Revolution
The
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29. General Term: Quantum
Quantum Quantum (plural quanta) - a quantised system can only take very specific
values of energy. A quantum will be the smallest packet of energy by which the
system can change. So, in the photo-electric effect , only light in
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30. Divine Action Topic: Quantum Cosmology and the Laws of Nature
the implications of quantum cosmology and the status of the laws of
nature for theological and philosophical issues regarding Gods action in the
world. After an introduction to the Big
Bang , inflation and quantum cosmology, these
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