Information and Fundamental Elements of the Structure of Quantum Theory
According to Aage Petersen Niels Bohr liked to say: “There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum physical description. It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we can say about Natu
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CARL FRIEDRICH VON WEIZSĂCKER
© Ingrid von Kruse
Lutz Castell
Otfried Ischebeck (Eds.)
Time, Quantum and Information
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Lutz Castell Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik Fohringer Ring 6 80805 Munchen, Germany
Otfried Ischebeck ZAE Bayern Walter-Meissner-Strasse 6 85748 Garching, Germany
Library of Congress Cataloging-in -Publication Data. Time, quantuffi and information : dedicated to C.F. von Weizsăcker in commemoration of
his 90th birthday 1 Lutz Castell, Otfried Ischebeck (eds.). p.cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-3-662-10557-3 (eBook) ISBN 978-3-642-07892-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-10557-3 1. Nuclear physics. 2. Astrophysics. 3. Space and time. 4. Quantum theory. l. Weizsacker, Carl Friedrich, Freiherr von, '9'2- II. Castell, Lutz. III. Ischebeck, Otfried.
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Preface
This publication centers on the extraordinary ideas in and concepts of physics of CarI Friedrich von Weizsăcker. At the time of his 90th birthday on June 28, 2002, it seems the right moment to try such a survey. The themes of two Festschrifts for CarI Friedrich von Weizsăcker on the occasion of his 60th and 70th birthdays (E. Scheibe and G. Suessmann (eds.): Einheit und Vielheit, and K. Meyer-Abich (ed.): Physik, Philosophie und Politik) were his unique capability to encompass physics, philosophy and politics. He may be more known publicly today for his efforts for containment of the Cold War nuclear threat, for the abolition of war as an instrument of international politics, for the social responsibility of scientists, and for the Conciliar Process of the Churches for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation. But physics has been his primary professional