X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10b271,fe5644881dfa2a18 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b271,public X-Google-Thread: 1051ef,9db2a28eb6d7c6a9,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1051ef,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,9db2a28eb6d7c6a9,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-10 23:25:50 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!waikato!canterbury.ac.nz!equinox.gen.nz!equinox!Colin_Douthwaite Subject: Re: Schrodinger's Cat Newsgroups: sci.physics,rec.humor,alt.ascii-art References: <34ntts$74@ccu2.auckland.ac.nz> Distribution: world X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL3] From: Colin_Douthwaite@equinox.gen.nz (Colin Douthwaite) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Sep 94 14:01:34 +1200 Organization: Equinox Networks Lines: 51 Xref: nntp.gmd.de sci.physics:66246 rec.humor:85154 alt.ascii-art:14218 Howard Wiseman (hmw@phyvc.auckland.ac.nz) wrote: : In article : Lance D. Ritchie, ldrit@conncoll.edu writes: : >Can anyone tell me more about this? : (Schrodinger's Cat) : >I would especially like any references : >which discuss it. I know I have heard the phrase before. I vaguely : >recall something about a cat in a box, and about how one would know : whether : >or not the cat was dead without opening the box. But, upon reflection, : this : >sounds quite silly. Help! : > : Look in just about any popular book on quantum physics. e.g. : "Quantum Physics: illusion or reality" by A. McRae (I think), or : "In search of Schrodinger's Cat" by John Gribbon (I think) -------------------------------------------------------------------- //////// |:---[.] ROWWWWRR! |( _J <--- der Kunstler | ^ ( _| /\_/\ |/ / \_____) |o -| / _____ \ die Blauuuuuekatze --> =(__*__)= | / \ \ ,' U ', | | | | 8''''' , , '''''8 \ /\ /\__ | ''''''. .'''''' | | \/--- .' '. \ \ )\ .' , '., | >_____/_____)\\ .' , ,, ''8 \__________/ \\ ,, ,'',, ',.' ''''' / \ \\ , ''',,' ', '8 | | _\\__ '''' '' \ \\ \ \ \ \ |\ \ -o- \ <--- der Spachtel \ | \ \__\__\ \ | | | | | | | | | / | -Matthew MacIntyre- |________/____| (_________)____) ============================== Nicht schlecht! --------------------------------------------------------------------